Originally Posted by
ORAC
I am surprised that nobody as commented on the F-35B fire above - which happened on 27th Oct, but which the press release was snuck out the day before the elections. What is it they say about hiding bad news?
Note that it was a weapons bay fire which resulted in Class A $2M+ damage.
I seem to recall a few months ago that there were discussions about having to open the weapons bay in flight as it was getting hot. Seems that the fix on the face of it was not 100% successful.