A state -of -the -art British fighter jet, which has been trapped at an Indian airport for more than five weeks, is set to fly out on Tuesday.
The airport spokesperson told the BBC that the F -35B is “withdrawn from the hangar today and the departure is scheduled for Tuesday”. “We have no technical details,” he said.
F -35B landed at Thiruvananthapuram Airport in the southern state of Kerala on 14 June, where it was diverted after escaping in bad weather during a sorty in the Indian Ocean. It developed a technical obstacle.
Its prolonged presence on Indian soil gave rise to curiosity and questioned how such modern aircraft can stay stuck in a foreign country for so long.
After the aircraft, which was part of the HMS Prince of Wales fleet, unable to return, the Royal Navy’s leading carriers visited it to fix it.
But they were unable to fix it, and a fortnight ago, UK Ministry Said He deployed a team of 14 engineers to “Firuvananthapuram Airport to assess and repair the F-35B aircraft”.
A statement states that the team came up with the experts required for the movement and the repair process. In the video of that time, the F -35B was shown away from a hangar.
There was speculation that if the technicians failed to repair the aircraft, it would have to be submerged and take a large cargo plane such as C -17 Globmaster Transport aircraft.
In the last two weeks, the UK High Commission and Defense Officers in India have responded to the BBC messages, stating that they would not share the repair details.
But on Monday, an airport official told the BBC that “the aircraft is confirmed to be airwart”.
This is scheduled to be taken out of the hanger on Monday morning, saying that the exact time of its departure is to be “yet to be informed, which will be used to fill fuel in the way of London or when the backup aircraft will reach to take back the technicians and equipment”.
F-35Bs are highly advanced stealth jets, produced by Lockheed Martin, and their small tech-off and precious for vertical landing capacity.
Images of “Lonley F -35B” were parked on Termac and soaked with Kerala monsoon rains, made it a matter of jokes and memes, in which many suggested that it did not want to leave the natural condition of Kerala, which was described as “God’s own country”.
The case of stranded $ 110m (£ 80m) jet was also raised in the House of Commons.
