An F-35B type fighter plane, which was on a training flight in the US state of Texas, crashed during landing, while the pilot escaped by ejecting the seat.
According to media reports, an F-35B aircraft, which was on a training flight at Fort Worth Joint Air Base, crashed during a vertical landing. The pilot was saved by the seat ejection method.
In the images posted on social media, it is seen that the plane crashed on the runway just as it was about to complete its descent, and the pilot escaped with the seat ejection method.
TO BE DELIVERED TO THE US ARMY
Pentagon Spokesman Patrick Ryder, on a question on the subject, stated that the plane was not yet delivered to the US government, it was the plane of the manufacturer Lockheed Martin and was flown only by a US army pilot.
Ryder noted that the pilot’s condition is good.
F-35B aircraft are frequently on the agenda with their technical failures. Previously, F-35B series aircraft belonging to the USA, Japan, Australia and England had crashed. (AA)