A $60 million US fighter jet crashed into the Crimson Sea throughout a failed touchdown that injured two pilots and marked the second dear aircraft the US Navy has misplaced to the ocean in lower than 10 days, in keeping with a report.
The F/A-18 Tremendous Hornet skilled an “arrestment failure” because it tried to land on the USS Harry S. Truman plane provider within the Crimson Sea, CNN reported.
The 2 pilots efficiently ejected from the warplane earlier than it crashed into the water and had been recovered alive by a rescue helicopter, in keeping with the report. They had been handled for minor accidents.
The Tremendous Hornet stays within the Crimson Sea, the report acknowledged.
Simply final Monday, a $56 million F/A-18 fighter jet rolled off the USS Truman as the large provider carried out an evasive maneuver to keep away from incoming hearth from Houthi rebels.
The costly jet was being towed out of a hangar on the time of the defensive maneuver.
The pilot in that fighter jet was not injured within the accident.
Houthi rebels in Yemen have repeatedly fired upon the USS Truman, together with as not too long ago as Tuesday, in keeping with CNN.
Nevertheless, President Trump revealed later the identical day that the Houthis have capitulated and have agreed to a ceasefire within the Crimson Sea.
“They just don’t want to fight. And we will honor that, and we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word [when] they say they will not be blowing up ships anymore,” Trump stated at a information convention Tuesday.
The deal was secured by White Home particular envoy Steve Witkoff, in keeping with Axios.
Since March, the US has hit at the very least 800 targets in Yemen and killed lots of of Houthi rebels, in keeping with the US Central Command.
Again in February, the USS Truman collided with a service provider ship off the coast of Egypt. The commanding officer of the nuclear-powered ship was pulled from his place days later.
