Almost a month after Royal Navy F-35 fighter jet flew back from Thiruvananthapuram airport in Kerala to return home, another British F-35 stealth fighter jet made an emergency landing Sunday at Kagoshima airport in southwestern Japan due to a malfunction, reported Kyodo News.
The report added that following the emergency landing of the British F-35 stealth fighter jet, several departures and arrivals of commercial flights at the airport were affected.
Also, the runway was closed for around 20 minutes at around 1:30 am (local time). No injuries were reported in the incident.
The report mentioned that from 4 August, British forces have been conducting a joint drill with Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force and US forces.