F-35B Stealth Jet Departs Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram After 39-Day Grounding And Repairs | VIDEO | India News
The F-35B secret fighter aircraft of the British Royal Navy, which has been stranded at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport since June 14, started successfully after great repairs this morning. The latest fighter aircraft of the British Carrier Carrier Carrier Carrier was in Kerala for 39 days due to a repetitive hydraulic failure.
#WRISTWATCH | Kerala: On June 14, the F-35 hunter aircraft of the British Navy, which emerged at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, is coming out of the airport. pic.twitter.com/rt9vlsl73w
– Ani (@ani) 22 July 2025
The fifth generation fighter aircraft, which was more than $ 110 million, flew from the airport after being given a “green signal” yesterday and pointed to the end of complex repairs. The filming caught the moment when the F-35B was in the air and ended its strange residence in India. Darwin, the last target of the airport, said Australia.
The aircraft was flying from England to Australia on June 14, when he had to make an emergency landing in Thiruvananthapuram due to low fuel, bad weather and critical hydraulic failure. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has come a long way to provide safe landing and first logistics assistance.
After the first unsuccessful repair efforts made by a team of the carrier group, a 21 -member British expert team, including aviation engineers, arrived on 6 July. Later, the aircraft parked on the ground was drawn more than a process that needed special equipment in India due to the lack of F-35s.
The long-term grounding of F-35B, even a serious tweet, was a lively local development of Kerala Tourism’s playful social media broadcasts. Successful repair and departure indicate the end of an extraordinary section, the aircraft is now ready to maintain its mission with the HMS Wales Carrier Strike Group, which ends common maritime exercise with the Indian navy in the Indo-Pacific region. The United Kingdom officials are also likely to pay about 9.19 Lakh parking fees for a long time to remain the jet.
