British F-35 Jet Crashes Into Mediterranean

A seaman walks past an F-35B Lightning multirole combat aircraft along the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier while moored in the new port of Cyprus's southern city of Limassol on July 1, 2021. Roy Issa/AFP via Getty Images

A British F-35 jet crashed into the Mediterranean on Wednesday, the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed, with the pilot ejecting safely.

An MoD spokesman said: “A British F-35 pilot from HMS Queen Elizabeth ejected during routine flying operations in the Mediterranean this morning.