First India, now Japan: Another UK F-35B fighter jet makes emergency landing at Kagoshima airport

A British Navy F-35B fighter jet made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on June 14 due to a technical snag. Grounded for nearly three weeks, the jet was repaired with assistance from the Indian Air Force and a UK technical team flown in by an Airbus A400M Atlas. After 37 days, the F-35B finally took off, ending the prolonged “Royal Mess” at the Kerala airport during its mission over the Arabian Sea.