A fighter F-35B Lightning II of the British royal navy held an emergency landing on Saturday morning (10) in the Kagoshima Airportin the city of Kirishima, Japan, according to local press. There were no injuries and operations at the terminal have already been normalized.
According to the Kagoshima airport office, the aircraft landed shortly after 11:30 am after the pilot reported the control tower the suspicion of a mechanical problem. Images transmitted by the station NHK They showed the fighter parked near the track at 2 pm, with no apparent signs of damage.
“The pilot contacted the air traffic control, reporting a possible mechanical problem and requesting an emergency landing,” the airport agency told NHK.
After landing, the track was closed for about 20 minutes for the F-35B to be moved to a taxiway and undergoing safety checks. In all, six flights – between matches and arrivals – suffered delays of approximately 20 minutes.
O Japan Ministry of Defense confirmed that it was a British-embedded fighter from the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Walescurrently on a mission in the western Pacific as part of the Carrier Strike Group 25 (CSG25). “The aircraft landed at Kagoshima airport due to a failure,” the folder said.
HMS Prince of Wales and Support Ships are in the region to perform joint training with Japan self -defense forces and US military. The exercises, which are part of the HIGHMAST OPERATIONThey continue until August 12 and aim to demonstrate the UK’s ability to operate in cooperation with allies in Indo-Pacific.
Sources: Ministry of Defense of | UK defencejournal | X @royalairforce. This content was created with the help of AI and revised by the editorial team.
