Shocking video shows pilot ejecting from $100M F-35B as it crash lands at naval air station in Texas

Shocking video shows pilot ejecting from $100M F-35B as it crash lands at naval air station in Texas
When F-35B crashed on the shared runway at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, its pilot ejected (@cbs11doug/Twitter)

FORT WORTH, TEXAS:  An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet crash-landed at a navy airfield in Texas, forcing the pilot to jump from the aircraft on Thursday, December 15. The $100 million jet crashed at the Fort Worth Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base as it touched down on the field. The pilot's condition is still unknown. 

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It wasn't the first time an F-35B has crashed recently; the aircraft takes off and lands vertically, similar to a helicopter. Recently, a jet's forward landing gear failed while it was being carried across an airfield in Japan, and a jet veered off an aircraft carrier's flight deck and fell into the Mediterranean last year reports Daily Mail.