the Flames have destroyed two-thirds of the back of the plane.

has Become well-known the amount you had to spend on the recovery engine the latest American fighter F-35A, reports airforcetimes.com.

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the Incident occurred on June 23 last year, then the fighter refused the third stage of the rotor of the fan module of the engine, which came off the blade, which struck the internal fuel tank and caused a fire.

In the report, the U.S. air force says that the pieces of the blade cut the fan casing of the power unit, engine compartment, internal fuel tank, hydraulic and fuel lines and struck the upper part of the fuselage, the total damage equivalent to the amount of 50 million dollars. the

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Manufacturer of F135 engines, which are used on the F-35 Lightning II, Pratt & Whitney, have already made initial revision of the fan, a complete redesign of vulnerable parts of the engine will be completed in early 2016.

For comparison, the cost of the new su-27 fighter – about 30 million dollars, fighter-bomber su-34 – 36 million and F-16IN Super Viper is 50 million dollars.

See also: Engine latest F-35 Lightning II is recognized as unreliable by the auditors of the U.S. government.