CSG25 - Marham Jets

[POL]

/034 diverted to F35 at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala, India - VOTV) overnight. Reported locally due to either a “fuel issue” or a “technical emergency”.

[Evergreen 44]

Good Evening,
Has anyone heard any more on progress for this one please ?
Last we heard the maintenance crew from the PoW could not fix it after three attempts at getting away
If the offer of hangarage has been refused and it is sat exposed to the elements with a problem complex enough likely to need proper workshop facilities it will surely need a field recovery team to dis-assemble it
The F-35B 35 foot wingspan is wider than the capacity for any cargo aircraft
I would have expected the recovery to have been completed somehow by now given the sensitivity of the technology involved
Even road transport to a nearby port would be practical given the airfield location
Regards,
Paul

Update Saturday : A working party (presumably from the UK) will conduct the necessary maintenance under cover with a view to flying the a/c out

[Philwinward]

According to the Hindustan News the aircraft is due to be moved into a maintenance hangar awaiting a specialist team from the U.K. to disassemble it for transport back by air as cargo. They say this info comes from Indian Government but has not been confirmed !