The pilot of the F-35 fighter jet that was missing in South Carolina is heard on 911 audio, moments after he ejected from the aircraft to safety. NBC News’ Blayne Alexander reports on what we know about the pilot’s injuries and the jet, which was ultimately found in a field.
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#FighterJet #Crash #Pilot
wow f35’s have just been a bucket load of problems.
@johnno lang this is true, but common you gota admit, the f35 has a long standing flow of problem. granted its ment to achieve far more than your standard fighter.
Facts, they are the Chrysler of aircraft@xevious2501
We have not perfected their Alien technology!
How many trillions were spent on this piece of crap again? 1.5?
@xevious2501it achieved to waste trillions of dollars in development and production. Who needs education and healthcare when you can pew pew pew but higher
Don’t miss Randolph’s eye witness description of the crash; “SCREEEEE…poof”. 😚
Yup. That’s how a plane crashes.
Anyone believe this crap?
I don’t see why not.
@cartler My guess is that jet is in Cuba. Theres no way they sent a single tent and a single truck to “investigate” the crash.
Maybe it’s to take attention away from Hunter, the boarder , and Bidens impeachment. I wouldn’t put it past Democrats to do this, they’ve done far worse
They literally made up Russian collusion and the dossier to change the whole election
@Matt Rubin why Cuba? The $80 million jet with classified tech was removed from the crash site. The cause of the crash is known, why need more than a single truck? I also don’t understand why the government would fake something like this that would damage their reputation.
@cartler i didn’t see any pictures of that. Cuba was in operational range and I’m sure they can remote into a F35 to fly like a drone
The sell off of EVERY AMERICAN INTEREST you can imagine is happening before our eyes
Something doesn’t sound right….
What doesn’t sound right?
What?
Only 55% success rate? What is the US military still using these aircrafts? They should be decommissioned.
There’s a reason we sold them to so many other countries 😂
It’s called a “sunk cost fallacy.”
Al-Fatihah
Please say the prayer below now, pray the words as you read them if you cannot look and remember them 🙏
“In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
All praise is for Allah—Lord of all worlds,
the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful,
Master of the Day of Judgment.
You ˹alone˺ we worship and You ˹alone˺ we ask for help.
Guide us along the Straight Path,
the Path of those You have blessed—not those You are displeased with, or those who are astray.
Amen.”
Dispatcher did a fantastic job. They are trained to keep people talking and like anyone else, they ask people to repeat when they can’t hear/understand what the caller is saying. They also are in a room full of noise as other dispatchers are taking calls too. Trolls just like to complain and whine about anything they can.
@Preston Gladd oh, you simps stick out like a sore thumb. Officer genius. Lol. You’re as much a cop as Trump is innocent. Not at all.
911 – I need help now. Please help me, please help me.
Looking at youtube comments on a new video is a horrible idea
Pilot prematurely ejected.
Just saying
From the video I’ve linked below,
*”Delaying the decision to leave the out-of-control aircraft is and has been the single most critical factor in determining the success or failure of in-flight escape.”*
https://youtu.be/Aa1Ba_NEobs?si=RQSo-k-OLNChkV91
💩🇺🇲💩The F-35 is a 💯%+👏😂💩🤣👏 Combat Jet,💩🇺🇲💩!!!
Sweet fancy Moses
they didn’t play the whole recording, if you listen to the entire recording, the 911 dispatcher is extremely incompetent and inefficient making the pilot repeat himself over and over.
They always do. It is to detect any changes in the story. In case you simply forgot a detail, obtained more details or are a bad liar
“We got a cartoon beagle that says he was flying on a dog house and he got shot down by the Red Baron”
911 dispatchers are almost as disgraceful as cops are.. excuse me policy overseers illegal policy and ordinance overseers.
I thought these pilots where supposed to be BRAVE 👈🫣🙄😳 Ejection —————————-> 80 miles later 🫡
I Really don’t understand how can a veteran pilot let a Multi million dollar aircraft get away from him like that sounds like somebody’s not upholding their job right smh 🤔
it’s was built by GEN-Zers
He may have accidently pulled the wrong lever trying to find his Latte.
@Major Seventhhe’s 47
It was aliens that made it crash! 😂
my fart shot down the plane
Can we get some ambulance please? with extra sauce, fresh..for here😅
The 911 dispatchers questions are ludicrous. Maybe she thought it was a prank call. But still, stick to whats important and just send an ambulance.
This is standard emergency medical dispatch questions. You can look into it- EMD. The only way to be fully covered legally you MUST read the prompts verbatim. Even if someone calls and gives all the info you have to read through the prompts. Skipping or not reading them properly can cause major liability issues.
“My cat’s stuck in the tree.”
“I spilled coffee on my shoe.”
“The car won’t start.”
“A fighter pilot just dropped in.”
Always the same old stuff.
That’s crazy. He ejected but the plane flew another 80 miles. The plane could have crashed into a building, onto a highway… anywhere.
Me thinks the pilot accidently pulled the wrong lever while reaching for bis Latte’.
😂 that’s a weird opening I have a pilot in my back yard 😂 I’m done
In my house…
Something just doesn’t seem right, can’t quite put my finger on it
Just like the Chinese Spy Balloons earlier this year. Some thing is off?
Failed terror event to get us in the war in Ukraine. Zelenskyy promise the Russian attack nuclear bombing in America. AI or hacker stopped this event. Zelenskyy coming to the capital was wanting to say ‘now is the time to go to war against Russia give me more money’. Instead, he was told no time no money.
1:20 “It was ultimately found some 80 miles away after crashing into a field.” That’s not a “field”. That’s a forest. A field is an open space. Reporters need to be more accurate. 1
Man, this is like Red Dawn. That homeowners glad he wasnt Russian or Chinese
The Pentagon should have known something about it
911 operators follow a script.
They have to.
So her questions are understandable.
Poor lady. A call she will never forget!
Hes unusally calm. White privilege.
So much for $100 mil
China is laughing really hard about these state of the art airplanes from the US
when a dumb pilot talk to a dumb dispatcher…
American pilots are the bravest pilots in the world 😂
How on earth are they going to engage chinese or russ pilots in the air? Probably they’ll eject right before a dogfight 😂
His harrowing escape? What about the young man plane that just went ripping through the skies over civilian cities? Are we not worried about that?
American engineering at its finest
I’m sorry, the program has a 55% mission capable rate? Does this mean that out of 2 jets, one will ultimately fail?
it means 45% is in maintenance or storage, if they have 100 F35’s 45 of them are fully ready to go to war, i think the usual mission capable rate for american fighter jets is around 65-70% but don’t quote me on that
$100 million dollars down the toilet for a single fighter jet? Well… gosh darn 😂