New Delhi, Sept 18: A US Marine Corps fighter jet has reportedly gone missing in South Carolina after its pilot safely ejected the aircraft on Sunday.

Following this, US military officials have appealed to the people in the area to help locate the missing multimillion-dollar plane.

Military officials said that a Marine Corps pilot safely ejected the F-35 Lightning II jet over North Charleston on Sunday afternoon after a “mishap”. Base authorities said they were searching, in coordination with federal aviation regulators, around two lakes north of the city of Charleston.

Taking to X, Joint Base Charleston wrote, “If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center”.

Check Post Here:

We’re working with @MCASBeaufortSC to locate an F-35 that was involved in a mishap this afternoon. The pilot ejected safely. If you have any information that may help our recovery teams locate the F-35, please call the Base Defense Operations Center at 843-963-3600.

— Joint Base Charleston (@TeamCharleston) September 17, 2023

Soon after this post went viral on social media, Local congresswoman Nancy Mace wrote on X, “Now that I got that out of the way. How in the hell do you lose an F-35? How is there not a tracking device and we’re asking the public to what, find a jet and turn it in?”

Now that I got that out of the way. How in the hell do you lose an F-35?

How is there not a tracking device and we’re asking the public to what, find a jet and turn it in?

— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) September 18, 2023

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