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F-35 pilot held 50-minute airborne conference call with engineers before crash

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278 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 11:38 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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MaxPock ◴[27 Aug 25 12:00 UTC] No.45038469[source]▶
Who eats the loss under such circumstances?

Government or Lockheed Martin or are these 200 million dollar jets insured ?

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1. nelox ◴[27 Aug 25 12:04 UTC] No.45038505[source]▶
Self-insured. The government absorbs losses itself instead of purchasing commercial insurance.