Find the wreckage of :
the missing F-35 American fighter :
United States military base Charleston announced that infantry forces had found debris and parts of the F-35 off Indiantown Road, Florence County, and roads were being blocked in Williamsburg County.
ABC15 quoted citizens in the area as hearing the sound of
a low-flying plane, followed by loud noise in the area on Sunday night.
Randolph White
who lives a few miles from Indiantown Road
said:
I heard the sound of an oncoming plane.
- It looks like they were flying relatively low.
- Then I heard an explosion. I neglected it
- and said maybe it
was a sound boom caused by breaking through the sound barrier.
White added that
he always heard the sound of
military aircraft flying over his house
but Sunday night was slightly different.
The location :
where the debris and parts were found is about two hours
or 80 miles northeast of the Joint Base of Charleston.
According to the Charleston Joint Base statement on Sunday
the fighter pilot was transferred to a local medical centre
and his condition was stable, after he himself jumped off the plane.
A spokesman for the military base confirmed that
the $100 million aircraft had been converted
into autopilot mode before the pilot's exit.
The aircraft is part of
- the Combat Naval Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT)
- 501 with the Second Naval Aircraft Wing.
- It was stationed at the "Beaufort" Marine Corps Air Base.
In a statement, Joint Base Charleston stated that it
had used ground and air forces to search for the fighter.
They coordinate searches
with Marine Corps Air Station "Beaufort"
Marine Corps Wing II "Cherry Point", Southeast Maritime Zone
Federal Aviation Administration and Civil Air Patrol
as well as local :
provincial and state law enforcement across South Carolina.
Officials continue to
refer to the incident as an "unfortunate incident"
and did not elaborate on the cause of the pilot's exit from the aircraft.
The Second Naval Wing stated that the incident
was under investigation and no further details
could be provided to "preserve the integrity of the investigation process .
Officials said :
The Ministry of the Navy has
a well-defined process of investigating aircraft accidents.
Charleston County Sheriff's Office officials on
Monday asked residents not to touch
or move any piece of the wreckage they might find.
Instead
they should contact them.
The circumstances of
- the missing fighter jet's fall have left people confused.
- On Sunday night, South Carolina Representative
- Nancy Mays went to X to ask questions
writing:
"No one knows if the F-35 is in the air or underwater."
In the same vein U.S.
Marine Commander Eric Smith issued a two-day suspension decision
this week for all flight units inside and outside the United States
following the fall of the "F-35" fighter in South Carolina.
The loss of
this aircraft has opened the door to much irony
and Internet scarcity because of its advantages in stealth
and this fifth-generation fighter is equipped
with techniques to avoid radar monitoring.
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