For the second time in eight days, a fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea after it went overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier.
A F/A-18 Super Hornet failed to catch the arresting wire upon landing. The two aviators aboard ejected after the failed landing, in which the aircraft failed to catch the wire, known as a “failed arrestment,” one of the officials said.
An official said that based on initial reporting, the tail hook failed to hook the wire that slows down the aircraft, which continued to accelerate toward the bow and went into the water.
This is the second time a jet has gone off the ship’s deck and into the Red Sea in eight days.
