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Marine Corps investigators blamed the pilot for the high-profile crash of a F-35B stealth fighter jet last year near Charleston, S.C., in which the plane continued to fly more than 60 miles after ...
READ MORE: F-35B Pilot Explains Ejection to 911 Operator After losing his helmet display and other critical systems, he ejected at 1,900 feet altitude, landing in a resident’s backyard.
O ver a year later, the U.S. Marine Corps has finally released the findings of the investigation into the bizarre incident in ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Marine investigation blamed the pilot of an advanced fighter jet for ejecting from the aircraft when he didn't need to, causing the F-35 to fly unmanned for 11 minutes ...
U.S. Marine Col. Charles “Tre” Del Pizzo gives his account of the ejection from an F-35B which continued to fly on its own in 2023. More than a year after the bizarre incident in which a U.S ...
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina last year had an electrical malfunction, and the pilot became disoriented before ejecting amid a heavy rainstorm, according to a ...
The 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing has released its investigation into a 2023 F-35B Lightning II crash in Williamsburg County. ... Investigation blames ‘pilot error’ for 2023 F-35 jet mishap . ... “Marines ...
A U.S. senator accused Marine Commandant Gen. Eric M. Smith of making a “punitive and vindictive” decision to relieve a decorated pilot who ejected from an F-35B over South Carolina in 2023 ...
The crash happened on the afternoon of Sept. 17, 2023. The pilot ejected from the aircraft while trying to execute a climb out during a missed approach near Joint Base Charleston.
The 2023 crash of the F-35B, ... The mishap is now attributed to pilot error, ... of the command investigation into the 17 September 2023 F-35 mishap, ...
A Marine investigation blamed the pilot of an advanced fighter jet for ejecting from the aircraft when he didn't need to, causing the F-35 to fly unmanned for 11 minutes before it crashed in rural ...
The investigation concludes the mishap aircraft’s extended unmanned flight was due to stability provided by the F-35’s advanced automatic flight-control systems. The loss of positive radar contact ...