A state-of-the-art British fighter jet has been at Indian airports for five weeks and will fly out on Tuesday.
An airport spokesman told the BBC that the F-35B is scheduled to be “retracted from the hangar today, and the departure time is scheduled for Tuesday”. “We don’t have any technical details,” he added.
F-35B landed at Thiruvananthapuram Airport in southern Kerala on June 14 Transfer after bad weather In a classification of the Indian Ocean. It then developed a technical barrier.
Its long-standing presence in Indian soil has sparked curiosity and raised questions about how such modern aircraft can stay abroad for so long.
After the plane was part of the Wales HMS Prince Fleet, engineers from the Royal Navy Flagship Airlines were unable to return and visited it.
But they couldn’t fix it, two weeks later, the British Ministry of Defense explain They deployed a team of 14 engineers to “go to Thiruvananthapuram Airport to evaluate and repair the F-35B aircraft”.
A statement said the team was equipped with professional equipment needed for the exercise and maintenance process. The video at that time showed that the F-35B was towed to the hangar.
There are speculations that if the technician fails to repair the aircraft, it must be removed and performed in a larger cargo aircraft, such as the C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.
Over the past two weeks, India’s British High Commissioner Committee has responded to the BBC message, saying they will not share details of the repair.
But on Monday, an airport official told the BBC that “the aircraft was confirmed to be actionable.”
He said the evacuation from the hangar was planned on Monday morning, adding that the exact time of its departure has not been communicated yet, which airport will be used for refueling on the way to London or when the backup plane will arrive at the backup plane to transport technicians and equipment back”.
The F-35BS is a premium stealth jet built by Lockheed Martin and is respected for its brief takeoff and vertical landing capabilities.
The image of the “Lonely F-35B” parked on the tarmac and soaked by Kerala’s monsoon rainwater makes it the subject of jokes and memes, and many suggest it does not want to leave Kerala’s scenic Kerala in a tourist brochure, described as “God’s own country”.
The House of Commons also raised a case of stranding $110 million (£80 million) of jets.
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