F-35 crash in Alaska: Pilot spent 50 minutes on live call with engineers before ejecting
A US Air Force F-35A pilot circled Eielson AFB for nearly an hour while on a live call with Lockheed Martin engineers, trying to fix a frozen landing gear system in -1°F conditions. The jet was destroyed after the pilot ejected safely. An Air Force probe found water in the hydraulic fluid—about one-third of the system—froze and jammed the gear, and said updated 2024 guidance likely would have prevented a second touch-and-go attempt.
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