The US War Department decided to suspend flights of fighter of the fifth generation F-35 Lighting II indefinitely. In this case, the prohibition applies to all versions of the aircraft, BBC News reports.
According to BBC News, command of the US Air Force has taken this decision after the collapse of the F-35B fighter aircraft of the US Marine Corps, that crashed 28 September this year air base near Beaufort in South Carolina. At what disaster happened on the day after “baptism of fire” Aircraft in Afghanistan. As previously reported, fighter pilot manages catapult, fighter crash recognized unhappy class case “A”, ie. incident, led to the complete destruction of the aircraft.
According to preliminary information, published by the US Air Force Command, cause collapse of steel failure in the fuel system of the aircraft, in this connection will be checked the whole park available aircraft F-35 of all modifications. Before the end of a thorough check all flying the F-35 Lighting II banned, when the ban on the operation of fighters spreads to other countries, having on his arms the planes.
