Another jet just slid off a U.S. aircraft carrier. The same aircraft carrier, in fact

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· Posted: May 06, 2025 10:46 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

An F-18 combatant pitchy was mislaid successful the Red Sea connected Tuesday aft tipping disconnected the formation platform of the USS Harry S Truman craft carrier, successful the 2nd specified incidental successful astir a week, 2 U.S. officials said, speaking connected information of anonymity.

The officials said the pitchy failed to travel to a due halt aft landing connected the carrier. Both members of the unit ejected earlier the pitchy plunged into the h2o and were recovered by a rescue helicopter, 1 of the officials said.

The U.S. navy did not person an contiguous response.

One of the officials said aesculapian evaluations showed the aviators had insignificant injuries and that nary formation platform unit were injured.

The incidental was archetypal reported by CNN. ABC News and NBC News besides had their ain reports astir it.

Last week, different combatant pitchy fell overboard from the aforesaid ship, which has been aiding U.S. strikes against Yemen's Houthi fighters.

U.S. combatant craft outgo $60 cardinal US oregon more, and specified incidents are rare. The information that 2 occurred successful specified a abbreviated clip is apt to rise scrutiny of the carrier's operations.