WASHINGTON: A stealth-capable US fighter jet vanished on Sunday — not from prying eyes but rather from the American military, prompting an unusual call to the public to help locate the missing multimillion-dollar plane.
After what authorities labeled a “mishap,” a pilot flying an F-35 in the southern state of South Carolina on Sunday afternoon ejected from the craft.
The pilot survived, but the military was left with an expensive problem: it couldn’t find the jet, leading Joint Base Charleston to ask for help from local residents.
“If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center,” a post from the base read on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Base authorities said they were searching, in coordination with federal aviation regulators, around two lakes north of the city of Charleston.
The planes, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, cost around $80 million each.
US military asks for help finding its lost stealth F-35 jet
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US military asks for help finding its lost stealth F-35 jet
- Unusual call to the public to help locate the missing multimillion-dollar plane
- A pilot flying an F-35 in South Carolina on Sunday afternoon ejected from the craft
Eighteen die after migrant boat sinks off southern Greek island
- The boat was initially detected by a Turkish cargo ship
- The survivors were being taken to the island of Crete
ATHENS: Eighteen migrants drowned when their boat overturned 26 miles (40 km) south of the tiny southern Greek island of Chrysi, a coast guard official said on Saturday, while two were rescued from the sea.
The boat was initially detected by a Turkish cargo ship, which contacted the Greek authorities.
The survivors were being taken to the island of Crete, the official added.
Greece was on the front line of a 2015-16 migration crisis when more than a million people from the Middle East and Africa crossed into Europe.
Flows have ebbed since then but the last year has seen a steep rise in migrant boats, mainly from Libya, heading for Crete, Gavdos and Chrysi — the three Aegean islands nearest to the African coast. Fatal accidents remain common.
