British fighter jet crashes into Mediterranean sea - BBC News

A British F-35 fighter jet has crashed into the sea during a routine operation in the Mediterranean, the Ministry of Defence has said.

The pilot ejected and has safely returned to the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and an investigation has begun.

The incident occurred at 10:00 GMT over international waters and no other aircraft were involved.

The MoD said it would be inappropriate to comment during the investigation.

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[SmartSilver]

That is 5% of the entire fleet gone in one crash.

[dopeyb]

Imagine his reason for ejecting was because there was a spider in the cockpit.

[redwithblackstripes]

Incredible piece of technology, with its submarine capabilities it really is going to be the stealthiest thing around.

[FALKOR]

If it was a pilot error (very unlikely) the only aircraft he/she will be flying in the future is hot air baloons

[hamzamahmood]

The plane was so stealthy that it couldn't see itself

[hourbee]

Well that’s a very expensive accident.

[geoffrey]

100M down the ocean. Dude thats an expensive gamble.

[SpiderPigggg]

Japan lost an F-35 and the pilot a couple of years back, that too fell into the sea

[mightysparrow]

If this was an SU 57 the kind of negative and bias comments would have filled the whole space, the analysts would have described it as product of inferior technology

[avarmauk]

Pilot felt he needed to eject. What was it? Like the wing fell off? Or the air conditioning stopped working?

[Froge]

The pilot must have the same feeling of guilt you get when you drop an expensive plate as a kid

[chadakoin]

It will show up on a copart site as a "flood recovery". Next will be a youtube "Will it start?" video.

[stranger]

You can already tell the pilot is in big trouble.

[fatimabeirao]

Fortunately the pilot survived this accident.

[Eddiekutash]

I m surprise that Russia has not been blamed yet. 😂😂😂😂

[almondfeller]

Prank drop an smartphone ❌
Prank drop an jet fighter ✅

[kevinrobb]

That's like a friend of a Tory losing a PPE contract

[elvenkind]

Glad the pilot is Ok. The plane can be replaced. I hope they figure out whatever went wrong, as many are part of the F35 program, we need a flawless jet for our brave men. Blessings from Norway

[csto]

Love the armchair air marshalls. Could have just sucked up some migrating birds and lost the engine.

Jet was in the middle of the med there's no big runway to glide to, you are always banging out.

[addrr]

Pilot had a panic attack and he just wanted to breath some fresh air