Fighter jet landing on USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier goes overboard, forcing pilots to eject

Synopsis

An F/A-18 combatant pitchy went overboard the USS Harry S. Truman successful the Red Sea during a failed landing, prompting the pilots to eject with insignificant injuries. This incidental marks different setback for the Truman, important successful the U.S. airstrike run against Yemen's Houthi rebels, amidst ongoing determination tensions and attacks connected shipping.

An F/A-18 combatant jet landing connected the USS Harry S. Truman craft bearer successful the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its 2 pilots to eject, a defence authoritative told The Associated Press connected Wednesday.

The incidental Tuesday marks the latest mishap to mar the deployment of the Truman, which has been indispensable successful the airstrike campaign by the United States against Yemen's Houthi rebels.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Oman's overseas curate some said a ceasefire had been reached with the Houthis, who would nary longer people ships successful the Red Sea corridor - thing not instantly acknowledged by the rebels.

Meanwhile, the Houthis proceed to measure the harm aft daytime Israeli airstrikes targeted Yemen's rebel-held superior of Sanaa.

Landing goes incorrect connected bearer The F/A-18 Super Hornet landed connected the Truman aft a flight, but "the arrestment failed," said the official, who spoke connected information of anonymity arsenic they weren't authorized to talk publically astir the incidental present nether investigation.

"Arrestment" refers to the hook strategy utilized by craft landing connected carriers, which catches alloy ligament ropes connected the formation deck. It remains unclear what portion of the strategy failed.

The 2 pilots connected committee were aboriginal rescued by a chopper and suffered insignificant injuries successful the incident, the authoritative added. No 1 connected the formation platform was hurt.

Tuesday's incidental was the latest to spot the Navy suffer an F/A-18, which outgo astir $60 million. In April, different F/A-18 combatant pitchy slipped disconnected the hangar platform of the Truman and fell into the Red Sea. The unit members who were successful the aviator spot of the Super Hornet and connected the tiny towing tractor some jumped away.

In December, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly changeable down an F/A-18 aft ships earlier changeable down aggregate Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise rocket launched by the rebels. Both aviators successful that incidental besides survived.

And successful February, the Truman collided with a merchant vas adjacent Port Said, Egypt.

The Truman, based retired of Norfolk, Virginia, has seen its deployment extended aggregate times amid the Houthi airstrike campaign. It had been joined precocious by the USS Carl Vinson craft bearer operating retired of the Arabian Sea.

Houthi attacks connected shipping The Houthis had been waging persistent rocket and drone attacks against commercialized and subject ships successful the portion successful what the group's enactment has described arsenic an effort to extremity Israel's warfare against Hamas successful the Gaza Strip.

From November 2023 until January 2025, the Houthis targeted much than 100 merchant vessels with missiles and drones, sinking 2 of them and sidesplitting 4 sailors. That has greatly reduced the travel of commercialized done the Red Sea corridor, which typically sees $1 trillion of goods determination done it annually.

The Houthis paused attacks successful a self-imposed ceasefire until the U.S. launched a wide battle against the rebels successful mid-March.