A super horror F / A-18F assigned to the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) went on board Tuesday during an attempt to land on the aircraft carrier, a defense official confirmed to Usni News.
The Super Hornet with two places, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 11, came for a night landing around 9 pm, the local time when the hook of the plane failed to catch the stop line on the aircraft carrier.
“The judgment failed, which passed the plane over it.” The airmen were evaluated by the medical staff and evaluated to undergo minor injuries. No cockpit personnel was injured. “
Cnn The aircraft defeat on Tuesday evening reported for the first time.
It is not clear if the stop wire that stops the plane during the transporter landing failed or if the fighter’s hook did not take the wire. It is also not known if the incident searched the cockpit, interrupting flight operations. Tuesday evening, Truman was fully operational, said the defense manager.
Truman And the air -winging wing terminal has been deployed from Norfolk since September 23 and has recently been extended for a week. The failed landing follows the loss last week of a super hornet to a seat, attributed to the “Knighthawks” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136, which fell from an airplane elevator in the sea following an evasive maneuver by Truman According to a suspected Houthi attack, Usni News reported last week.
In December, the Red Rippers lost another Super Hornetin during a friendly fire incident involving USS missile Gettysburg (CG-64).
Since March 15, the air carrier 1, flying from Truman, made current strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen as part of the Rough Rider operation. On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would stop strikes against Houthis, Usni News reported.
The carrier has been operating in the Red Sea since the end of February after emergency repairs following a collision with a merchant ship. The collision led to the abolition of Truman then commander.