India, July 6 -- An expert team from the UK arrived at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Sunday to repair the British F-35B fighter jet, which has been grounded at the airport since June 14, an airport official said.

The expert team, comprising 21 members including aviation engineers, landed at the airport around 1 pm in the Royal Air Force ZM417 aircraft, a type of Airbus A400M Atlas. "The aircraft, after dropping the expert team, is expected to fly back from the airport around 4 p.m. today," the official said.

According to sources, the expert team will inspect the advanced stealth F-35B jet, belonging to the Royal Navy, and attempt to repair it and make it air-borne again. In case of failure to do so, British authorities...