On Friday, the 911 call made by a South Carolina man and the F-35B pilot who ejected from the aircraft that crashed earlier this week was released to the public and its contents are bizarre, to say the least.
"I guess we've got a pilot at our house and he says he got ejected, he ejected from the plane. So we just see if we could get some ambulance, please," the 911 caller said.
"I'm sorry, what happened," the 911 operator asked.
"We have a military jet crash. I'm the pilot. We need to get rescue rolling. I'm not sure where the airplane is. It would have crashed landed somewhere. I ejected," the pilot responded.
The pilot went on to explain that he was flying at around 2,000 feet before "an aircraft failure" forced him to eject. The pilot then asked the operator if there had been any reports of an airplane crash.
Listen below:
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As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, the military was able to locate the missing F-35B Lighting on Monday after a day-long search. According to reports, the crashed aircraft was found in a field in Williamsburg County, South Carolina.
The F-35B fighter jet had gone missing after a pilot was forced to eject from the aircraft. Prior to the ejection, the fighter jet was accompanied by another aircraft over North Charleston. The jet's transponder is currently unresponsive.
"We’re working with @MCASBeaufortSC to locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely," they wrote. "If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600."
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"Based on the jet’s last-known position and in coordination with the FAA, we are focusing our attention north of JB Charleston, around Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion," Joint Base Charleston added.
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According to the Wall Street Journal, the jet was assigned to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing which is stationed outside of North Carolina
The fighter jet, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, was one of the most expensive aircraft to develop after its budget ballooned to more than $400 billion. The jet comes in three variants which include the F-35A at $89 million to produce, the F-35B at $115 million to produce, and the F-35C at $107 million to produce, according to Air Force Technology.
The aircraft was a part of the 1996 Joint Strike Fighter and entered service in 2015. According to the WSJ, about a dozen of the aircraft have been destroyed in crashes or accidents in the eight years of being in service.
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