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Grounding the fleet of F-35 aircraft

The Pentagon has ordered checks on all units

Breaking news. The Department of Defense ordered the suspension of all flight operations by F-35 aircraft after the incident of "B" version used by US Marine Corps. The aircraft would have crashed due to a problem with a fuel pipe, so much so that the Pentagon announced that grounding is necessary "to carry out an inspection of the component on all F-35 engines". All the checks -which will start today-...

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Arlington, USA, 10/11/2018 16:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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After the entire fleet of F-35 had been grounded last Thursday, today 80% of these aircraft will be able to fly again after the checks carried out on the fuel pipes. This was announced by the Pentagon,... more

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