The F-35 fighter jet will not make its UK debut on the opening day of the Farnborough Airshow after the entire fleet was grounded last week following an engine fire.
The incident, which happened in the US last week, also saw plans for the jet to appear at the Royal International Air Tattoo in Gloucestershire last Friday scrapped. Despite insistence from Farnborough organisers that the F-35 will still take flight later this week, the latest blow marks further embarrassment for a project beset by delays…
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