The UK’s military has deployed a team of engineers to work on a Lockheed Martin F-35B which has been stranded in India’s southwestern Kerala state since making an emergency landing in mid-June.

Confirming the support personnel’s arrival in a 7 July post on social media site X, the account of British High Commission in India’s defence adviser Commodore Chris Saunders states: “Repairs are under way on the aircraft, which has now been moved to the maintenance hangar.

“We are grateful for the continued support and collaboration of the Indian authorities.”

UK F-35B in Kerala

The engineering team was deployed to Thiruvananthapuram International airport aboard a Royal Air Force Airbus Defence & Space A400M tactical transport. It has not been disclosed what equipment or spares were also carried by the Atlas airlifter.

The pilot of the UK F-35B diverted to the Indian airport on 14 June, while operating from the Royal Navy (RN’s) aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.

Images identify the short take-off and vertical landing aircraft as being numbered 034. This corresponds to production aircraft BK-34, which has been in operational use since January 2024 with the service registration ZM168, data from aviation analytics company Cirium shows.

UK F-35B 034

Currently involved in an eight-month, round-the-world Carrier Strike Group 25 deployment, the RN’s 65,000t flagship recently completed a port visit in Singapore. Later this month, the vessel and its embarked F-35Bs will take part in the Australian-hosted Talisman Sabre multinational exercise.





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