India, July 6 -- The British F-35B fighter jet, which was grounded in Kerala since June 14, is being towed from the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Sunday. A team of aviation engineers from the UK was deployed at the Thiruvananthapuram airport to repair the F-35B Lightning jet of Britain's Royal Navy, as the aircraft remained stranded following an emergency landing last month.

Earlier in the day, a team of technical experts arrived on board the British Royal Force A400M Atlas in Kerala to fix the technical issue affecting the aircraft.

A British High Commission Spokesperson said that the UK has accepted the offer to move the plane to the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility and that the aircraft will be transported...