For the second time in less than two weeks, an American navy ray hunter of the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman has been lost in the Red Sea.
The Jet landed on Tuesday on the traumer’s aircraft deck when the aircraft arresting system, which helps the plane to stop on the runway, failed, “causing the plane to go overboard,” said the central command of the United States.
The two pilots on board the plane, an F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighter Jet worth at least $ 67 millionEven ejected and sustained minor injuries. They were saved by a helicopter and nobody else was injured.
The accident came about a week after another F/A-18 Super Hornet and a tow tractor fell from the Truman when the crew lost control of the plane, the navy said. That accident has occurred When the aircraft carrier maneuvered to better position itself against the threat of Houthi missiles and drones, according to officials of the Ministry of Defense with knowledge of the incident.
The Houthis have been that for more than a year Fire projectiles and launch drones With commercial and military ships in the Red Sea, in what the militia group has described as a show of solidarity with residents of Gaza and Hamas.
On Tuesday the United States and the Houthis reached in Yemen A deal to stop American air strikes Against the group after it agreed to stop the attacks on American ships in the Red Sea.
“They have capitulated, but more importantly, we will believe their word,” said President Trump. “They say they will no longer blow up ships.”
On March 15, Mr Trump ordered the US Army to start an air campaign, called Operation Rough Rider, against the Houthis, after a few strikes under the Biden administration. The campaign has cost more than $ 1 billion.
American armed forces have achieved more than 800 goals In Yemen during the campaign, according to the US Army.
In addition to the two lost aircraft, the Truman has seen several other major accidents since the efforts in the middle in September.
In February, the courier Collision with a merchant ship Near Port said, Egypt, who damaged both ships. And in December an F/A-18 Super Hornet flies from the aircraft carrier was shot by the USS GettysburgA guided rocket cruiser who accompanied the Truman. The two pilots on board the aircraft were safely restored.
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