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Pilot called 911 after parachuting into backyard.
The pilot of a US Marines F-35 jet that went missing called emergency services from a South Carolina home where his parachute landed.
In audio from the call, obtained by the BBC, the pilot told a dispatcher that he was "not sure" where his $100m (£80m) plane was.
"Ma'am, a military jet crashed. I'm the pilot. We need to get rescue rolling," he added.
"I'm not sure where the airplane is. It would have crash landed somewhere. I ejected."
According to the Marine Corps, the pilot ejected as a result of a malfunction and landed in a residential area near Charleston's international airport.
In a separate 911 call obtained by the AP, an unidentified official said that they had "a pilot with his parachute" that had lost sight of the aircraft "on his way down to the weather".
The Marine Corps said that its flight control software may have helped it remain level even without a pilot's hands on the controls.
A report to the US government on Thursday said that inadequate training, a lack of spare parts and complex repair processes had left the US military's F-35 fleet around 55% effective.
I don't seem to see any source cited for that 'report'.
I wonder why that is?
They are available for those who want to know.
The U.S. military and F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin have struggled to keep the aircraft in the air due to a series of problems with its maintenance and sustainment processes, which the Government Accountability Office blasted in a recent report. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023...s-costly-slow/
Location: By the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea
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Originally Posted by elnina
The U.S. military and F-35 manufacturer Lockheed Martin have struggled to keep the aircraft in the air due to a series of problems with its maintenance and sustainment processes, which the Government Accountability Office blasted in a recent report. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2023...s-costly-slow/
Kinda surprising the BBC didn't see fit to include that information.
The cited article simply states "A report to the US government on Thursday said that inadequate training, a lack of spare parts and complex repair processes had left the US military's F-35 fleet around 55% effective."
Seems to me a good news source would supply a link to the report they refer to.
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