The 911 call from the aftermath of an F-35 crash in South Carolina last Sunday was released on Friday, revealing more details about the expensive incident that is still under investigation by the U.S. military.

The call came after the pilot of the F-35 showed up at a house after ejecting from the plane and asked for help. He told a police dispatcher that he did not know where the plane, but said it had went through an “aircraft failure.” 

“I guess we’ve got a pilot in our house, and he says he got ejected,” said a local man who called the police. 

“I’m sorry — what happened?” the dispatcher replied. 

“We’ve got a pilot in the house, and I guess he landed in my backyard, and we’re trying to see if we could get an ambulance to the house, please,” the resident said before the pilot started talking. 

“We have a military jet crash. I’m the pilot. We need to get rescue rolling. I’m not sure where the airplane is,” the pilot can be heard saying.”It would have crash-landed somewhere. I ejected.”

911 call from the pilot who ejected from the F-35 over South Carolina. pic.twitter.com/BovDqALeuH

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After police arrived, the pilot was reportedly transported to a local medical center in stable condition while his wingman safely landed at the base, WCBD reported.

The plane could not initially be found, with military officials asking for the public’s help finding the plane and describing the incident as a “mishap.” Debris from the plane was later located in Williamsburg County on Monday.

The plane, which cost about $100 million, kept going for about 60 miles after the pilot ejected. A spokesperson for Joint Base Charleston said the F-35B Lightning II jet from the Marine Attack Training Squadron was placed on autopilot before the pilot ejected, according to WCIV. 

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The conditions of the crash are still under investigation but one Marine Corps official told the Military Times that the pilot was “forced to eject” after a malfunction with the plane. 

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office said that the F-35 fighter jets are “mission ready” just over half of the time.

“If the aircraft can only perform 55% of the time and the goal is 85 to 90% of the time, taxpayers are not getting their money’s worth,” said Diana Maurer, the author of the GAO report.

Far-left MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan slammed Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) on Friday after the senator was indicted on multiple federal corruption charges.

The indictment says that Menendez and his wife had a corrupt relationship with New Jersey businessmen Wael Hana, Jose Uribe, and Fred Daibes, who allegedly gave the senator bribes worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to the DOJ, the bribes were intended to protect the businessmen and to benefit Egypt.

Menendez faces up to 45 years in prison if convicted of the charges, which include conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.

“Those bribes included cash, gold, payments toward a home mortgage, compensation for a low-or-no-show job, a luxury vehicle, and other things of value,” the indictment said. Federal authorities reportedly found gold bars and nearly $500,000 in cash stuffed throughout the senator’s home that they traced back to the businessmen Menendez allegedly worked with.

“They recovered several gold bars,” Hasan noted. “Yes, gold bars worth over $100,000. Prosecutors say that Menendez at one point even googled, and I quote, ‘kilo of gold price.’ So, Menendez and his wife are now facing three federal charges of conspiracy for bribery, conspiracy to commit honest services fraud, and conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right.”

“In a statement today, the senator denied the allegations, calling them ‘baseless,'” Hasan continued. “He also attacked the ‘excesses’ of these prosecutors, who he says have misrepresented the normal work of a congressional office.”

“Now, putting aside the potential criminality — the alleged criminality [aside] here for a second, that is a ludicrous claim,” he continued. “Does Senator Menendez really think that Americans will buy that it is normal work for a United States senator to basically do the bidding of a foreign government?”

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Hasan noted that Menendez was accused of helping Egypt through various means as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.

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Even far-left Democrat activist Mehdi Hasan is slamming Democrat Senator Bob Menendez after he was indicted on federal corruption charges, says his defense is “ludicrous” pic.twitter.com/9HS84i8goy

— John Hasson (@SonofHas) September 23, 2023

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