A US Marine Corps fighter jet has gone missing in South Carolina after its pilot safely ejected the aircraft on Sunday. The US military officials have appealed to the public to help locate the missing multimillion-dollar plane. Military officials said that a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected the F-35 Lightning II jet over North Charleston on Sunday afternoon after a "mishap". Base authorities said they were searching, in coordination with federal aviation regulators, around two lakes north of the city of Charleston.
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00:00 A US Marine Corps fighter jet has gone missing in South Carolina after its pilots safely
00:11 ejected the aircraft on Sunday.
00:13 The US military officials have appealed to the public to help locate the missing multi-million
00:18 dollar plane.
00:19 Military officials said that a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected the F-35 Lightning II
00:24 jet over North Charleston on Sunday afternoon after a mishap.
00:29 US authorities said they were searching, in coordination with federal aviation regulators,
00:33 around two lakes north of the city of Charleston.
00:37 Joint Base Charleston Air Force Base in North Charleston in a Post NX sought the help of
00:41 the public to provide any information regarding the missing jet.
00:45 If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of the F-35, please contact our
00:49 Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.
00:55 The Air Force is coordinating with the Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to locate the missing
01:00 aircraft.
01:01 Emergency response teams have been deployed to find the jet as well.
01:05 In a statement on Facebook, Joint Base Charleston said that based on the jet's last known position
01:10 and in coordination with the FAA, we are focusing our attention north of JB Charleston around
01:15 Lake Maltray and Lake Marion.
01:18 Reportedly, the pilot was found on South Kenwood Drive in North Charleston after the pilot
01:22 ejected safely.
01:24 An investigation is underway to find out the reason that forced the pilot to eject.
01:27 Reportedly, the planes and pilots were part of the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron
01:31 501, which is based in Beaufort.
01:34 The Marine Corps Air Station in Beaufort is located approximately 35 miles southwest of
01:38 Charleston.
01:39 It serves as the home to various units of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, including the
01:43 Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, which operates F-35B Lightning II aircraft.
01:49 This military facility, sprawling across 6,900 acres, is staffed by around 4,700 military
01:55 personnel.
01:56 It boasts a substantial air-to-air combat training area off the coast of South Carolina
01:59 and Georgia, as well as an air-to-ground combat and bombing range in McIntosh County, Georgia.
02:06 Just last month, the base mourned the loss of a highly decorated Marine Corps pilot.
02:10 Major Andrew Mettler was flying an F/A-18D Hornet during a training flight when it crashed
02:16 near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar near San Diego.
02:19 The incident occurred shortly before midnight on August 24.
02:22 This crash marked the fifth Class A aviation mishap of the current fiscal year, defined
02:27 as incidents resulting in damage exceeding $2 million or involving fatalities.
02:32 Remarkably, it was the first such incident involving a Marine Corps aircraft.
02:37 The F-35 represents the leading edge of U.S. fighter technology.
02:41 The aircraft was displayed during the Aero India 2023.
02:44 The F-35 stealth fighter can carry out air strikes on ground targets, as well as engage
02:49 other aircraft in air superiority missions as well.
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