Second US Navy jet is lost at sea from Truman aircraft carrier

[Nevilledog]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/06/politics/second-us-navy-jet-is-lost-at-sea

CNN
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Another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, four people familiar with the matter told CNN.

It is not entirely clear what happened yet, as the investigation is ongoing, but two of the people said there was some kind of arrestment failure as the jet was trying to land on the carrier and the pilot and weapons systems officer had to eject. They were recovered by a rescue helicopter and are both alive, but they suffered minor injuries, one of the people said.

The jet crashed into the sea and has not been recovered, two of the people familiar with the incident said.

Separately, the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group “took a shot” at the Truman on Tuesday, the four sources said, despite President Donald Trump announcing an apparent ceasefire with the group hours earlier. It is not clear whether the two incidents are related.

CNN has reached out to the Department of Defense and the Navy for comment.

The loss of the fighter jet comes one week after another F/A-18 jet fell overboard the Truman. That time, initial reports indicated that the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard.

An individual F/A-18 fighter jet costs more than $60 million, according to the Navy.

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Heckuva job Kegsbreath

[underpants]

1. I didn't know that about the first one.

[Meowmee]

2. Not good for sure

I wonder what caused this?

[orangecrush]

3. Glad the crew survived.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Yes any crash you walk away from is a good crash.

Or in the case of Navy aircrews, swim away from.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Arrestment failure: the aircraft was not able to hook on to the deck landing cable for some reason.

Navy jets are heavy and big, and going very fast when they land.
There is a big cable on the deck of the aircraft carrier and the jet has a big hook
and grabs the cable to slow it down.

Could be pilot error or error with the equipment.
Usually the ground crew will notice this before landing.
Or the pilot can do a touch and go landing and do it again.

So we don't know what happened.
Seems like the Truman has had its share of mishaps.

[Traildogbob]

5. Starting to be as

Jinxed as the Carrier USS Forest Fire. (Forestall)

[Baitball Blogger]

7. Hmm, hmm, hmm.

Maybe someone should look for debris to make sure everything happened the way they said they did, and it didn't mysteriously make it across the Russian border?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

12. My first thought

[multigraincracker]

8. $70 million here and $70 million there.

Pretty soon we are talking some real money

[shanti]

19. Our tax dollars down the drain

Way to go!

[newdeal2]

9. Idiots in charge

Plus mixed messaging like the Trump claiming there was a ceasefire while under attack. A potentially deadly combination in the future.

[question everything]

10. The first: U.S. Jet Fighter Is Lost Overboard in Latest Mishap Involving Aircraft Carrier

https://democraticunderground.com/1016403607


third mishap

[MorbidButterflyTat]

13. "Mishap"

[3Hotdogs]

11. FUCK. $60 million per plane. We're gonna have to raise taxes on billionaires to replace the jets.

[markodochartaigh]

14. Be careful,

you will raise the ghost of "Taxes are for the little people" Leona Helmsley.

[3Hotdogs]

17. She was a real piece of work.

[Prairie Gates]

15. Amazing the accidents that happen when under fire in a war zone

[Buddyzbuddy]

16. I'm having a hard time understanding how a

carrier has the capacity to make a turn so hard and abrupt that it caused a jet to shift and fall off into the sea.
Am I the only one calling bull?

[Skittles]

18. of course it is nonsense

utterly ridiculous excuse for incompetence

[Kaleva]

20. Carriers can make very hard turns

Their nuke engines provide them with an incredible amount of horsepower.