Second US Warplane aircraft carrier falls into the Red Sea

Aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman (Image: AP)

Washington: A multi-silver-dollar American warship failed to land on Harry’s Truman aircraft carrier and fell into the Red Sea on Tuesday, the US Army said, the second jet lost to the ship within a week.The US Central Command said that the two -seat F/A -18F Super Hornet fighter jet, the value of about $ 67 million, overboard after unsuccessful attempt to slow down.A defense officer told AFP that the aircraft’s hook failed to catch the arrest wire on the aircraft carrier.“The arrest failed, causing an overboard,” the official said, ““Aviars were evaluated by medical personnel and evaluated for minor injuries. No flight deck personnel were injured.”This is the second F/A -18 from Truman to be lost in a week.Another jet fell from the same carrier in an accident on 28 April, injuring a sailor, and also pulled a tractor that was throwing the fighter aircraft into the sea.And at the end of last year, an F/A -18 operating from Truman was lost after accidentally shot by USS Getisberg Guided missile Cruiser. Both pilots survived the incident.Truman is one of the two American aircraft carriers working in the Middle East, where the US forces are attacking Yemen’s Huthi rebels with a march from mid -march in an attempt to end the danger for ships in the region.The intermediary Oman said that on Tuesday, the United States and Huthis agreed to a ceasefire.

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