A video appears to show the British F-35 fighter jet crashing into the Mediterranean during take-off mishap
A new video reportedly shows the moment an F-35 British fighter jet crashed into the sea. The plane fails to accelerate up the ramp and take off, immediately falling off of the ramp. The pilot activates his parachute, and according to the UK Ministry of Defence, was rescued afterward. A new video posted to Twitter purports to show the F-35 British fighter jet crashing into the water during takeoff as its pilot ejects, according to the BBC. The jet, which was docked on the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on November 17, 2021, around 10 a.m. GMT, and it was one the first time the UK has lost one of its 24 F-35 warplanes, according to the report. The video, posted by Twitter user @sebh1981, shows a recording of what appears to be security footage of the crash. The user claimed to Insider to have sourced the video from a Royal Navy WhatsApp group, and stated that the original footage is from the ship's visual surveillance system. Inside