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The F-35 fighter that crashed in the Mediterranean on 17 November has been located. What is known so far
British F-35 fighter, crashed in the Mediterranean on 17 November last.
On November 17, the British Ministry of Defense confirmed the crash of an F-35B operating from the aircraft carrier HMSQueen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean. The pilot ejected himself safely, but the crash triggered a rush to retrieve the plane, which contains a lot of classified equipment. ( Here the more detailed Start on F-35 crashed in the Mediterranean, what happened).
The dicastery also informed that it had launched an investigation into the incident, but did not comment further.
According to The Sun , the cause of the accident would be the failure to remove the rain cover of the fighter-bomber. According to the British tabloid's sources, the cover was sucked into the aircraft's engine as it took off from the HMS Queen Elizabeth flight deck, forcing the pilot to eject himself.
Immediately the United Kingdom and the United States are engaged in recovery operations of the F-35B crashed in the waters of the Mediterranean.
This week, a video captured by the media reveals that the British F-35 never took off. The footage shows the F-35 B fighter jet accelerating on the flight deck ramp of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, crashing directly into the water. ( Here is the Start article on how the British F-35 crashed. Video ) .
On Tuesday, the Commons Defense Committee asked National Security Advisor Sir Stephen Lovegrove for an update on the F-35 recovery operation.
"My understanding is that the experts know where the aircraft is," said safety adviser Lovegrove, the Telegraph reports. Therefore, the UK Ministry of Defense did not disclose his position.
And Lovegrove added to the House of Commons defense committee that steps had been taken to protect the highly sensitive and secretive equipment on the stealth jet.
All the details.
"THE EXPERTS KNOW WHERE THE AIRCRAFT IS"
As reported by the Telegraph , the UK National Security Advisor said: "The types of precautions and operations we are undertaking at the moment are designed at least in part to ensure that the F-35's technology remains confidential."
“These aspects of safety come first in our minds,” said Lovegrove.
He then added: "My understanding is that the experts know where the plane is."
So F-35 fighter crashed into the sea was found, but a cautious approach will be taken for its recovery.
RECOVERY IS FUNDAMENTAL
“The recovery of the flight recorder and the wreck are really vital for a thorough investigation to determine the cause of the crash. Clearly the prompt recovery of the aircraft is what we would like to do and we are working closely with the allies on the mechanics of that. We have not yet taken the plane, ”admitted the safety adviser.
RUSSIA ON ALERT?
As TheNationalnews reports, Tobias Ellwood, the chairman of the Commons Defense Committee, raised the question of Russia's cutting-edge diving capabilities to track wrecks and map activity on the seabed.
Mr. Lovegrove replied: "We are aware of Russian submarine capabilities and it is fair to identify them as state-of-the-art." However, the UK safety adviser confirmed to MPs that precautions have been taken to ensure the protection and confidentiality of the F-35's technology.
Finally, remember that the F-35B that crashed on November 17 was one of eight British F-35s aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth. Overall, the UK has 24 F-35s and this was the first major accident involving one.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/f-35-precipitato-tutte-le-ultime-novita/ on Sat, 04 Dec 2021 14:24:22 +0000.