F-35 fighter jet crashes in South Carolina, U.S.A pilot ejects

- A U.S. military F-35B
fighter jet crashed near the Marine
Corps Air Station Beaufort in South
Carolina on Friday, for reasons that are
under investigation, local law officials
and the U.S. military said.

The pilot, the only person aboard the
craft, ejected safely and was being
checked for injuries, said a Pentagon
spokesman, adding that there were no
other injuries.
The jet crashed just before noon local
time. It was a Lockheed Martin F-35B, a
short take-off/vertical landing version
of the F-35, said a U.S. military
official, speaking on condition of
anonymity.
It was the first crash of an F-35 fighter
jet since they became operational in
2006, said another military official, also
speaking on the condition of anonymity.
Friday's incident also marked the first
time a pilot had ejected from an F-35B,
the official said.
Neither military nor local officials
immediately offered a cause for the
crash. Military officials said the crash
was under investigation.
Lockheed referred Reuters to the
military for comment on the incident.
The F-35B stealth fighter jet was used
by the United States in combat this
week for the first time, against the
Taliban in Afghanistan, after taking off
from an amphibious assault ship in the
Arabian Sea.
Israel in May was the first country to
use the F-35 stealth fighter in combat.
The crash came on the same day that the
Pentagon announced an $11.5 billion
contract for 141 F-35 fighter jets from
Lockheed, which lowers the price for the
most common version of the stealthy jet
by 5.4 percent.
The plane in the South Carolina crash was
one of 245 F-35 fighter jets in the U.S.
military, a Pentagon official said, and
one of a total of 320 F-35 jets being
flown around the world.

Could this be a coincidence with the same aircraft crash in Nigeria on this same date 28 .
remember we posted the 1992 military aircraft crash yesterday
The 26 September 1992and crash was caused by Multiple engine failure during take-off and then crashed  the Ejigbo canal, Lagos , Nigeria

Aircraft type Lockheed C-130H Hercules
The air craft consist of
Passengers 152
Crew 6
Fatalities 158 (all)
Injuries 0
Survivors 0