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| Date: | Sunday 10 August 2025 |
| Time: | c. 11:30 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force |
| Registration: | ZM150 |
| MSN: | BK-16 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Kagoshima Airport (KOJ/RJFK) -
 Japan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | South Korea |
| HMS Prince of Wales |
An F-35B of Royal Air Force, operating a joint exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and US Forces, made a precaution landing at Kagoshima Airport due to unreported trouble. No reported injuries. The runway was closed for 20 minutes. Some commercial flightes were affected.
After extensive maintenance work, the Lightning II left Kagoshima to return to Prince of Wales at c. 17:00 LT of 10th September, just a month after the incident.
This is not the same aircraft that was stranded in India earlier this year.
Sources:
https://news.jp/i/1327133329485234183
https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/mbc/2101931?display=1
https://theaviationist.com/2025/08/10/uk-f35b-emergency-kagoshima/
https://news.jp/i/1338456692544962880
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/kagoshima/20250910/5050032630.html
Photo:
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9696618 (The jet in this incident is the closer jet)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Aug-2025 05:38 | isamuel | Added |
| 11-Aug-2025 05:44 | isamuel | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Aug-2025 14:25 | NY | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
| 19-Aug-2025 07:31 | Paradoxial | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Sep-2025 14:15 | isamuel | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Sep-2025 18:15 | isamuel | Updated [Source, ] |
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