United Fighter Standed in India for five weeks for Australia

The most modern British fighter, who had been stuck at an Indian airport for more than five weeks, is already in the air and on the way to Darwin in Australia, a spokesman at the airport told the BBC.

The F-35B was withdrawn from the hangar on Monday after being considered fit to fly after repair.

The aircraft first landed on June 14 at Tirwanntapur Airport in the southern state of Kerala, where it was diverted after encountered bad weather During sorting in the Indian Ocean. He then developed a technical schnag.

Its prolonged presence on Indian soil caused curiosity and raised questions about how a modern aircraft could remain stuck in a foreign country for so long.

The plane was part of the HMS Prince of Wales fleet. The officials have not said why he is a Darwin ceiling, but it is most likely because the leading carrier of the Royal Navy is still in the region.

In the last few days, HMS Prince of Wales has published updates and photos of X (before Twitter) of the joint exercises that Australia’s coasts.

After the plane failed to return, the ship’s engineers had visited him to fix it.

But they failed to repair it two weeks ago, the United Kingdom Department of Defense said They had deployed a team of 14 engineers “at TirwanantaPram Airport to evaluate and repair the F-35B aircraft.”

There was speculation that if the technicians were unable to repair the aircraft, it would have to be dismantled and carried out on a larger freight aircraft, such as a C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.

In the last two weeks – including on Monday – the UK Supreme Commission in India and the defense authorities have responded to the BBC messages, saying they will not share details of the repair.

The F-35B are highly advanced stealth jets made up of Lockheed Martin and are valued because of their short take-off and vertical landing.

The images of the “lonely F-35B”, parked on the asphalt and soaked in the rains of the monsoons in Kerala, made it the object of jokes and memory, with many assuming that he did not want to leave the picturesque state of Kerala, described as the “God’s country” in the tourist brochures.

The case of inclined planes of $ 110 million (80 million pounds) was also raised in the House of Commons.

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