F-35 pilot's 50-minute call with engineers mid-air. Then jet fell out of the sky

F-35 pilot tries to save doomed plane with nearly hour-long mid-air conference call before ejecting ahead of crash landing

Video captured the pilot drifting down to the ground at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska while the plane crashed on the runway.

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F-35 pilot's 50-minute call with engineers mid-air. Then jet fell out of the sky

The F-35 pilot spent nearly an hour on a conference call with engineers from Lockheed Martin to troubleshoot the issue with the jet. But they were unable to rectify the issue, and the aircraft went into freefall.

F-35 pilot held 50-minute call with engineers before fighter jet crashed in Alaska

Must have been outsourced to INDIA call centre 😆😆😆😆 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/27/us/alaska...ort-hnk-ml