“The crash caused significant damage to the aircraft”. Um, what aircraft? You mean that hole in the ground?
Glad the pilot’s OK.
Isn’t the failure rate on the F 35 like WAY higher than previous fighters? Oh well, at least Lockheed got that sweet, sweet contract, right?
Arguably F-35 have more failure points. I say this as an ex F-18 mechanic so you probably can’t take me at my word
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Google says that thing cost somewhere between $82MM - $109MM. I wonder how many meals it could have been instead.
As of July 2024, the average flyaway costs per plane are: US$82.5 million for the F-35A, $109 million for the F-35B, and $102.1 million for the F-35C.
Wikipedia.
Thats a lot of millimeter dollars.
Tiny tiny dollars!
But for real though: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/fixed-income/mm-millions/
My country benefits from military surplus aides from the U. S. I wouldn’t mind if America takes care of it’s children first.
The R&D on that jet would have solved world hunger and provided free healthcare for the whole US. Instead, we kill our pilots with them. Excellent use of funds.
That doesn’t look like a normal landing. They should have strapped a cat to it to stabilize the axis.
That’s gonna be a lot of paperwork
And meetings to discuss / review the paperwork…
Isn’t that the second F35 in a few weeks? I can remember another F35 having a nose gear failure with the pilot ejecting at ground level.
I can’t find anything in the last few weeks, there was one nearly a year ago. No ejection though.
You’re right, I saw an older video and took it as new: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9GBHNaYzcs
Shit’ll buff out
It’s a feature of the software. Nothing to see here.
Am I missing something? I’m not seeing a video in the post or at the link
Whilst in technically true that the plane was landing, I don’t think he was actually making a landing.
Looked a lot more like the plane wasn’t under power at all.
Landing gear were down, so it was likely coming in for a landing when the incident occurred. Based on the height and positioning, maybe an attempted go-around that ended in abandoning the craft entirely.
