For the second time in just over a week, a F/A-18e Super Hornet hunting jet has been lost assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea, a defense official confirmed to CBS News. The two riders on board the plane suffered slight injuries to the test.
The officer said in a statement that the Super Hornet was trying to land on the Truman flight roof on Tuesday “when an arrest failed, causing the aircraft to go to Borda.”
A detention is the mechanism that includes a detention cable to take a hunting aircraft and slow down as it lands.
“The two aviators were safely expelled and rescued by a helicopter assigned to the helicopter maritime combat squad (HSC) 11,” said the official. “The aviators were evaluated by medical staff and was evaluated to have minor injuries. No staff of the flight cover was injured.”
On April 28, A super hornet It was towed in Truman’s hangar bay when the crews lost control of the aircraft and went to the Borda, along with the trailer tractor. A sailor suffered slight injuries in the incident.
Two North officials -Americans told CBS News that the initial reports suggested that the JET could have fallen to the Borda after the carrier became abruptly while taking evasive actions against Yemen’s Houthi militants.
Sean Parnell, a spokesman for the Pentagon, said in a statement that the Super Hornet who entered the Red Sea on Tuesday “was not hit by Houthis.”
Truman Carrier Strike Group has experienced several serious incidents since its unfolding in the Middle East in September 2024. In December, USS Gettysburg Erroneously sorting down A F/A-18 that had taken out of the Truman. The crew of two people could safely expel.
In February the Truman He accidentally collided with a merchant ship near the Suez Canal.
Also Tuesday, President Trump revealed That the Houthis with Iranian support had agreed to agree to stop their attacks on commercial and military vessels in the Red Sea. These attacks began on October 7, Hamas, assault on Israel.