The visiting team will assess the condition of the stranded jet to determine whether it can be repaired locally or needs to be dismantled and transported back to the United Kingdom.
According to a Defence officials, "British navy officials are expected to arrive here by the end of this week to carry out repairs and take the aircraft back to its base."
A UK F-35B fighter jet is undergoing repairs at Thiruvananthapuram Airport after an engineering issue. It will be moved to a maintenance facility once UK teams arrive. The UK thanked Indian authorities for their support and confirmed the aircraft will resume service after safety checks.
UK High Commission on Thursday thanked India for their constant support after the British F-35B fighter jet made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport nearly a fortnight ago.
The British Royal Navy F-35B fighter jet, which had made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport, has developed a hydraulic failure, and possibly, it would be taken back in a military transport aircraft, said defence officials on Friday.
In a post on X, the IAF said, "A Royal Navy F-35B fighter recovered off an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on the night of 14 June 25. Operating from UK Aircraft Carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, it was undertaking routine flying outside Indian ADIZ with Thiruvanant
Ahead of the celebrations for the 'Alpassi Arattu' procession, the operations at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in Kerala will remain suspended on Saturday. The flight operations will be disrupted from 4:00 in the afternoon to 9:00 in the evening.
A specific security alert was detected on Air India flight AI657 during a cruise from Mumbai to Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. All passengers and crew have been disembarked safely, said Air India Spokesperson.
Air India flight 657 landed at Thiruvananthapuram Airport on Thursday after a bomb threat was received. A full emergency has been declared, said Thiruvananthapuram Airport officials.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas has written a letter to Union Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, expressing grave concerns over the recent tariff revisions at Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram International Airport.