Fighter jet falls off USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, sinks into Red Sea

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – An F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet is lost at sea after slipping off the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier Monday, leaving one sailor injured, officials with the U.S. Navy announced.

Sailors were towing the Super Hornet when the move crew “lost control” of the aircraft, Navy officials said. Both the aircraft and the tow vehicle went overboard and were considered lost at sea as of Monday evening.

The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor both jumped out before the jet and the

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