The pilot was climbing out of the F-35C when the nose landing gear began retracting. A U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Marine Fighter
This headline is absolutely wrong. “Collapse” means that it structurally failed. But that isn’t what happened, the nose gear started retracting. Now whether that was appropriate or not, we can discuss, but if the machinations of the landing gear are functioning as designed, even if the timing of those machinations was incorrect, you can’t say it “collapsed.”
This headline is absolutely wrong. “Collapse” means that it structurally failed. But that isn’t what happened, the nose gear started retracting. Now whether that was appropriate or not, we can discuss, but if the machinations of the landing gear are functioning as designed, even if the timing of those machinations was incorrect, you can’t say it “collapsed.”
Specifically the front did not fall off here.
A sensational headline about a widely lampooned jet, and it’s the specific model that caused most problems. I’m shocked.