India, June 21 -- The British Navy has declined Air India's offer to provide a hangar space for its F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet, which has been parked in the open in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram for six days following its emergency landing, media reports said.

The American-origin F-35B is the most expensive fighter jet in terms of programme cost and boasts of advanced technologies that Britain may not want others to take a closer look at, NDTV, quoting sources, reported.

This could be one of the reasons why the Royal Navy declined Air India's offer to move the fighter jet to a hangar space.

While they have so far declined the offer, they may consider moving it inside the hangar for a final inspection and repair, NDTV's source...