After being stranded for about a month following technical issue, a British Royal Navy fighter jet was on Sunday moved to a designated facility for British engineers to assess it. According to news agency ANI, a team of technical experts on board the British Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to assess the F-35 fighter jet. After leaving behind the experts at the airport to asses the jet, the British Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas took off from Thiruvananthapuram.
#WATCH | Kerala | British Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas takes off from Thiruvananthapuram, leaving behind a team of technical experts at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to assess the F-35 fighter jet.
The F-35 jet had made an emergency landing at the… pic.twitter.com/dvsFhT4LMd
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2025
The F-35 jet had made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on June 14.
#WATCH | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala: Stranded F-35B British fighter jet being moved to the hangar from its grounded position.
A team of technical experts on board the British Royal Air Force Airbus A400M Atlas arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to assess the… pic.twitter.com/bL9pGrJzIs
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2025
According to news agency PTI, a British High Commission spokesperson confirmed the arrival of the engineering team at the airport
“A UK engineering team has deployed to Thiruvananthapuram International Airport to assess and repair the UK F-35B aircraft, which landed following an emergency diversion,” the spokesperson said in a statement.
The F-35 fighter aircraft has been taken to the Air India hangar at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala, where a technical team of UK Royal Air Force would try to repair it and take it back: Defence sources pic.twitter.com/AJTZr97p2a
— ANI (@ANI) July 6, 2025
It further said that UK has accepted the offer of a space in the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility of the airport, and are in discussions to finalise arrangements with relevant authorities.
“The UK remains very grateful for the continued support and collaboration of the Indian authorities and airport teams,” the British High Commission statement added.
The jet, worth over USD 110 million and known to be one of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world, made an emergency landing at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on 14 June. It remained grounded at the airport since then, awaiting repairs after developing a technical fault.
