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Monday, January 14, 2013

Fuselage cracks found in tests on next-generation US F35 jet

F-35 Lightning II |Cracks in the fuselage and other problems have been found in performance tests of the next-generation U.S. F35 fighter jet, which the U.S. Defense Department has been developing by investing a record amount of funds.

Citing an 18-page report submitted Friday by the Pentagon to Congress, Bloomberg said the testing of the F35-B model showed "multiple new cracks in a bulkhead flange on the fuselage’s underside during an inspection after the equivalent of 7,000 hours of testing.”

As a result, testing of the aircraft, which is being developed for the Marine Corps, has been halted again for the second time since December last year.

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