The emergency landing of the South Korean fighter fifth generation F-35A Lightning II led to his engine of a small bird, writes Defense Blog.
“However, the collision of the aircraft with the bird does not explain the previously discussed response to avionics,” the publication notes.
The incident with F-35A Lightning II occurred in early January at the air base 151 kilometer south of Seoul, when the F-35A Lightning II was prevented after a training flight. As a result of the incident, the operation of these fighters in South Korea is suspended.
In the same month, the Edition of Defense News admitted that the fifth generation fighter F-35 Lightning II produced by the American company Lockheed Martin as a possible candidate for replacing the German Tornado aircraft may threaten the joint program of France, Germany and Spain to create a European new generation fighter Future Combat Air System (FCAS).