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

Maybe some flight tech at the base attached the hose for refilling a water (maybe cooling for the pilot) system to the wrong port.

I'm not very sure though, as ports in the aerospace world, whether electrical or plumbing tend to use different shapes/models within the same grouping to prevent misconnectionsp

Plane had a cold

Billions of dollars out the window with this jet. Every contractor should be held accountable for their faulty equipment the American people pay for. The F-35 development cost alone could have ended homelessness in America. But we spent all that money on a jet that isn't combat worthy?!

And one more thing. If you don't hold defense contractors accountable, they have zero interest in providing an effective machine or service.