British F-35 fighter jet still grounded in Kerala 6 days after emergency landing
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/kerala/story/uk-f35-fighter-jet-stuck-in-kerala-after-emergency-landing-hydraulic-fault-british-repair-team-to-arrive-2743884-2025-06-20
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> A British Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet remains grounded at Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, six days after it made an emergency landing on June 14 around 9.30 pm, initially citing low fuel.
> The aircraft had been operating from the United Kingdom’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and was conducting routine flying outside India’s Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) when it was diverted to Thiruvananthapuram, which had been designated as its emergency recovery airfield…
I’m going to this airport in about 5 days, hoping to catch it
Before the bots come and say that this means that the f35 is shit. The eagle crashed way more than this in the beginning.
Coincidentally, this happened shortly after joint exercises between the UK and Indian navies.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/indian-navy-meets-british-carrier-group-in-indian-ocean/
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Hopefully the Indians have better site security too
Fair play to India they haven’t been dicks about any of it.
Stick fuel in it and take off? If not out of fuel then there must be a mechanical issue?
I hope the Indians can steal as much information on the F35 programme for their own fighter tech.
Needs to be observable in case anyone else is considering building a lemon.