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: The pilot ejected safely with no life-threatening injuries. The aircraft sustained significant damage.
: An F-35B Lightning II (the short takeoff and vertical landing variant). b371.mp4
The video, often titled or tagged as b371.mp4 in digital archives and social media threads, captures a failed vertical landing attempt by an F-35B. In the footage, the aircraft bounces off the runway, the nose landing gear collapses, and the plane spins forward on its nose before the pilot successfully ejects at ground level. Key Details of the Incident : NAS JRB Fort Worth, Texas. : The pilot ejected safely with no life-threatening injuries
: The crash was later attributed to a "rare system hardware failure" involving high-pressure fuel tube vibrations, which led to a temporary grounding of several F-35 aircraft for inspections. the aircraft bounces off the runway