alt Hacker News> emergency landing
https://preview.redd.it/f35-i-shot-down-in-iran-v0-0gdyroc4o....
I think it's ok to say that it crashed into the ground but the pilot survived.
With 'emergency landing' people assume it was just a rough landing whereas the plane here is completely and utterly broken.
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MarkMarine • last Friday at 11:40 PM
As an aviator, that right there counts as an emergency landing. A hard one.
They limped it back home, they didn’t ditch a very sensitive airframe over enemy territory, I’d call that a win and the pilot deserves a medal for that.
johanyc • yesterday at 6:57 AM
You should at least share an image of f35...
I don't know if you noticed but that's not a US F-35 (whole image is probably fake tbh) and the reddit post is from 2025.