RAF F-35 fighter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea

An RAF F-35 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea, the pilot ejected. This is reported by The Guardian newspaper, citing a message from the British Ministry of Defense.

"The pilot of a British F35 from HMS Queen Elizabeth ejected this morning while flying in the Mediterranean," the agency said on Twitter.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the pilot was not injured, he was taken to the ship. No other details of the incident were released by the department.

The F-35 is a fifth-generation multifunctional fighter-bomber developed by the American company Lockheed Martin. In January, the United States decided to postpone the full-scale production of these aircraft indefinitely, BLOOMBERG wrote.