The British Army, who once spoke in the whole world, is passing through today. He can be understood by two incidents recently. On the one hand, pro-Palestine protesters enter two military aircraft in Britain’s largest airbase RAF Brise Norton, while on the other hand the British Air Force’s most modern F-35B stealth fighter jet is facing open sunshine in Kerala here. India allowed the generosity to land on its land and gave the fuel necessary for the flight again and offered it to the hanger at the airport to keep it safe, but Britain is that its requests are not ending.
British Prime Minister Kareer Starmer spoke of taking action, calling this act ‘shameful’, but the opposition questioned that when the country’s safest military place is insecure, is Britain capable of trust in the sensitive aircraft like F-35?
F-35B stuck in India for seven days
Meanwhile, the F-35B Lightning II fighter jet of the British Royal Navy is stuck in Kerala since 14 June. This fighter jet took off from HMS Prince of Wales aircraft career, but had to make emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram Airport in Kerala due to fuel deficiency and bad weather.
Although this landing was valid under the predetermined Operation Highmast, what happened after that exposed the ‘Budili’ of the British side. The Indian Air Force and the local administration offered the British team to keep F-35B in a safe hanger and even to create a temporary shed-but it was rejected citing ‘confidential military technology’.
Repair failed, now big team expected
A technical team of Britain has already come to repair the aircraft, but due to great disturbances in the hydraulic system, that effort failed. Now a large team of 30 members is going to reach India in the next 48–72 hours. If the fighter jet could not recover from them, it will be taken back to Britain by special transport aircraft.
India not only approved timely emergency landing through the Air Force’s IACS system, but also arranged for the British pilots and technical teams from hotels, food, logistics to ground handling. But despite this ‘hospitality’, Britain’s attitude is strange – not hesitant to take cooperation, stinging on trusting.
