Flight Lieutenant Thom Sayer represents on Wednesday on Wednesday’s military memento to Rahul Bhatkoti Airport, who transmits the recognition of the United Kingdom for their support prolonged by the airport authorities.
The professional team of engineers, who remained here from 6 July at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in connection with the repair and maintenance of the grounded F-35B of the Royal Air Force, went to the UK on Wednesday evening. The Airbus A400M Atlas, a four -engine RAF military airliner that came from Diego Garcia and landed at the airport during the night, went to Great Britain with 17 members and 11 crews on board along with the equipment they brought to the aircraft.
Before leaving, Lieutenant Thom Sayer from the British team met with the airport team to tell his recognition for the support of the extended airport authorities during the F-35B stay in Thiruvananthapuram. In return, the airport authorities thanked No. 207 of the RAF, Manham, for their visit and the honor of accepting a major military memento. The F-35B repair went to the basic station on Tuesday.
The aircraft, which carried out an emergency landing after 14th June launched fuel on the night of June 14th, developed serious engineering problems and forced the crew to seek support to the team expert to repair the defects. Stealth Aircraft made an emergency diversion after it could not return to the HMS Prince of Wales due to unfavorable weather conditions. It took two weeks to repair the aircraft for Tuesday morning from there from there from there.
Published – 23 July 2025 9:40
