Tech snag delays departure of British Navy fighter jet
Thiruvananthapuram: The British Royal Navy F-35 fighter jet that made an emergency landing on Saturday night remains stranded at Thiruvananthapuram airport. A snag in the hydraulic system of the aircraft is delaying its departure.
The fighter jet is from the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, sailing around 100 nautical miles off the Kerala coast. Technicians arrived by British Navy helicopter MJS-101 from the aircraft carrier the same night. Sources said that the fighter jet, which was ready to leave on Tuesday morning after repairs, was further delayed. The aircraft was attended to by Royal Navy personnel in the last two days. Soon after the emergency landing, the pilot was moved to the apron control at the airside.
"As he was the only personnel with the aircraft, he wanted to stay within sight of it. He was assigned a seat at the apron control, positioned in a way that allowed him to keep watch on the aircraft until other personnel landed in a helicopter from the aircraft carrier," an official said.
There were rumours that he sat on a chair near the aircraft. The airport officials arranged food and accommodation for the navy personnel pilot and technicians in the emergency medical unit at the terminal.
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As local cuisine is foreign to them, the authorities brought western fast food.
There were six people on Tuesday, and they left by helicopter. Three personnel two technicians and a pilot are staying back to rectify the glitch. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has posted an armed guard near the plane that's parked in Bay 4.
Sources said that the F-35, which was out on a routine flight, could not land back because of choppy seas due to bad weather and requested a diversion to Thiruvananthapuram airport. The Indian Air Force facilitated the unplanned landing in coordination with the air traffic control of Thiruvananthapuram airport. The fighter jet landed at 9.30pm on Saturday.
The airport was already designated as an emergency landing location for aircraft from the aircraft carrier.
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