24 January 2022. An F-35C comes in to land on USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea, hits the deck short, and goes over the side. The pilot ejects. The jet sinks to about 12,400 feet, about 2.3 miles down. The Navy had 37 days to get a stealth fighter back from the dark. Commentators asked if anyone else would reach it first. Beijing said it had no interest. And the investigation found nothing wrong with the jet itself. So why did a working aircraft end up on the seafloor? What you'll see: the 2.6 seconds before impact, rebuilt in clay 3D the robot, CURV-21, and the crane that did the lifting the one switch that changed after the crash 0:00 Two Point Six Seconds 1:24 Under a Minute 2:39 The Spin 3:55 Floating 4:44 No Interest 5:33 12,400 Feet 6:42 Picasso 7:12 The Hook 8:09 Manual Mode 9:35 One Switch
Source: How the Navy Raised a Sunken F 35 From 2 3 Miles Down
