By Matthew Roscoe • Updated: 07 Dec 2022 • 15:19
Respected geopolitical analyst Philip Ingram MBE tweeted on Wednesday, December 7: “F35 – Emergency – descending rapidly,” as other accounts reported it was due to a 7700 squawk emergency.
According to the picture posted by Mr Ingram, the F35 was flying over Norwich in the UK.
F35 – Emergency – descending rapidly : pic.twitter.com/To5sDdPtSu — Philip Ingram MBE 🇺🇦 (@PhilipIngMBE) December 7, 2022
F35 – Emergency – descending rapidly : pic.twitter.com/To5sDdPtSu
— Philip Ingram MBE 🇺🇦 (@PhilipIngMBE) December 7, 2022
Manu Gomez wrote: “USAF? F35 squawking 7700 Emergency.”
USAF? F35 squawking 7700 Emergency. pic.twitter.com/ywKkQrPBk2 — Manu Gómez (@GDarkconrad) December 7, 2022
USAF? F35 squawking 7700 Emergency. pic.twitter.com/ywKkQrPBk2
— Manu Gómez (@GDarkconrad) December 7, 2022
Another Twitter account tweeted: “F35 has squawked 7700 emergency Reg:13-5067”
https://twitter.com/fabiodredd/status/1600488185427099648?s=61&t=shP-IJqHfoHhriOCbp374Q
A further image posted by Mr Ingram shows the fighter jet near Royal Air Force Lakenheath or RAF Lakenheath, which is a Royal Air Force station near the village of Lakenheath in Suffolk, England, UK, 4.7 miles north-east of Mildenhall and 8.3 miles west of Thetford.
The base also sits close to Brandon, which shows in the image.
“Hopefully landed safely ??” he wrote.
Hopefully landed safely ?? pic.twitter.com/57mH9v1iH2 — Philip Ingram MBE 🇺🇦 (@PhilipIngMBE) December 7, 2022
Hopefully landed safely ?? pic.twitter.com/57mH9v1iH2
Despite being able to track the flight on Flightradar24, the history of the flight is now not available.
The fighter jet is believed to be the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, which is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions.
It is also able to provide electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.
Twitter user @jan_sere noted that the jet lost altitude suddenly, as noted by Mr Ingram.
“What happened with 13-5067 #F35 ? Squawk 7700, sudden loss of altitude? #gunship1 to the rescue?”
What happened with 13-5067 #F35 ? Squawk 7700, sudden loss of altitude?#gunship1 to the rescue? @flightradar24 pic.twitter.com/IzqhJoc5Tr — JaN sErE (@jan_sere) December 7, 2022
What happened with 13-5067 #F35 ? Squawk 7700, sudden loss of altitude?#gunship1 to the rescue? @flightradar24 pic.twitter.com/IzqhJoc5Tr
— JaN sErE (@jan_sere) December 7, 2022
More to follow…
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