F-35 Jet missing after pilot parachutes free in South Carolina

The authorities on Monday were asking for the public’s help in finding an F-35 jet that disappeared after a U.S. Marine pilot used an emergency parachute to eject from it Sunday afternoon in North Charleston, South Carolina.

The pilot, who was unidentified, was in an F-35 from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort. He was taken to a local medical center and his condition was stable late Sunday, according to Jeremy Huggins, a spokesperson for Joint Base Charleston. It was unclear why the pilot needed to eject.