{"id":1069835,"date":"2021-11-30T18:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069835"},"modified":"2021-11-30T18:30:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:30:10","slug":"crashed-british-f-35-never-managed-takeoff-dropped-into-the-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crashed-british-f-35-never-managed-takeoff-dropped-into-the-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Crashed British F-35 Never Managed Takeoff, Dropped into the Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrashed-british-f-35-never-managed-takeoff-dropped-into-the-water%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1069835&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/F-35B-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Footage leaked and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/leaked-footage-shows-moment-british-f35-jet-crashes-into-mediterranean-during-hms-queen-elizabeth-carrier-take-off-12482611\">reported<\/a> by several British media outlets show a British F-35B fighter jet failing to take off from the&nbsp;supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and dropping into the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from November 17th <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/17\/carrier-based-f-35-jet-crashes-in-mediterranean-pilot-safe\/\">stated<\/a> that the Lockheed-Martin aircraft had been on routine operation when it crashed into the sea, leading to the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to open an investigation into the non-fatal incident.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Video <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sebh1981\/status\/1465351592018956295?s=20\">shared<\/a> on social media and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-59470276\">reported<\/a> by the BBC on Tuesday appeared to show the \u00a3100 million aircraft travelling along the Queen Elizabeth\u2019s flight deck before noticeably slowing at the end of the ski-ramp and simply dropping into the water.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2698412698413\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well thank God he is still with us! That\u2019s all I can say. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YtL6f0BFAm\">pic.twitter.com\/YtL6f0BFAm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seb H (@sebh1981) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sebh1981\/status\/1465351592018956295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moments before the plane dropped, the pilot can be seen being ejected. He was recovered safely, but searches for the F-35 are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster says it appears the film was taken from a surveillance camera on the carrier itself, but the MoD said it was too soon to comment on the footage.<\/p>\n<p>Aerospace and defence analyst Howard Wheeldon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2021\/11\/29\/british-f-35-crashed-sea-failing-take-leaked-video-reveals\/\">told<\/a> <em>The Telegraph<\/em>: \u201cThere is a saying in the military \u2018lift is a gift, thrust is a must\u2019, and I\u2019m afraid clearly he had no thrust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a short take off, but they need that ramp to assist them and clearly the pilot has insufficient power to get him into the air properly.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.5838926174497\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">British Carrier-Based F-35 Jet Crashes in Mediterranean, Pilot Safe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1xdSUtRLp\">https:\/\/t.co\/T1xdSUtRLp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1460998049904353289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Footage leaked and reported by several British media outlets show a British F-35B fighter jet failing to take off from the\u00a0supercarrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and dropping into the Mediterranean. 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