The Pentagon is investigating what caused a pilot to eject from an F-35 fighter jet near Charleston, South Carolina.

North Charleston, S.C. — A military pilot whose advanced fighter jet went temporarily missing over the weekend is heard repeatedly requesting an ambulance in a perplexing 911 call from the South Carolina home where he had parachuted to safety, according to an audio recording released Thursday to The Associated Press.

Ma’am, a military jet crashed. I’m the pilot. We need to get rescue rolling. I’m not sure where the airplane is. It would have crash-landed somewhere. I ejected.”

I’m not sure where the airplane is. It would have crash landed somewhere. I ejected,' said the pilot to a puzzled dispatcher

The pilot noted to a South Carolina dispatcher that he had fallen about 2,000 feet after "an aircraft failure"

The crash site for a stealth fighter jet that went missing during the weekend after its pilot ejected has been located in rural South Carolina after the military asked the public for help finding an aircraft built to elude detection.

The recording captures a resident revealing a pilot parachuted into his yard, the pilot saying the jet is missing -- and the dispatcher trying to make sense of it all.

The 911 call from the pilot of the crashed F-35 jet was released. He can be heard asking dispatchers to send help after parachuting from the aircraft.

In the audio from the 911 call made by the F-35 pilot, he says he was 'not sure' where the $100m (£80m) plane was. The pilot parachuted into a resident's home, after ejecting from the aircraft.

While it is unclear how and why the F-35 continued flying after the pilot's ejection, the Marine Corps said that its flight control software may have helped it remain level even w