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The jet was lost after a pilot ejected Sunday afternoon, triggering a search that lasted for more than a day for the roughly $80 million aircraft -- and frustration among lawmakers.

Authorities asked for the public’s help in locating the fighter jet’s crash site after the pilot ejected to safety.

Authorities found a debris field from a Marine Corps F-35 stealth fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after the pilot ejected and parachuted to safety. 

The mishap of the US F-35 fighter jet in South Carolina raises concerns over the avionics and the hefty price tag of this high-tech stealth aircraft, deemed the costliest weapon in the US Department of Defenses inventory.

NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina: The crash site of a stealth fighter jet that went missing over weekend after its pilot ejected was located on Monday in rural South Carolina after the United States military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection.

Questions were being asked on Monday as to how it took the Pentagon 28 hours to find an $80 million F-35 jet, which was ultimately located in a neatly-tended field only around 80 miles away.

The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected was located Monday.

Authorities found a debris field Monday from a Marine Corps F-35 stealth fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina after the pilot ejected and parachuted to safety. The debris field was located in rural Williamsburg County, according to the Marine Corps' Joint Base Charleston. The field is about two hours northeast of the base, and…

Missing US Marine Corps fighter jet in South Carolina, debris from the crashed F-35 military jet has been found after the pilot safely ejected. Get latest updates on this at news18.com.

The debris field was discovered Monday in Williamsburg County, about two hours northeast of Joint Base Charleston.