Another F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman was lost at sea from what was believed to be a gear malfunction.
The two Navy pilots ejected from the fighter jet and were rescued. The incident occurred during landing, when the “arrestment failed, causing the aircraft to go overboard,” an official told Fox News.
“The aviators were evaluated by medical personnel and assessed to have minor injuries. No flight deck personnel were injured,” the official added.
A similar incident occurred last week, when an F/A-18E was “actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft,” the Navy said in a statement on April 28. “The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard.”
“Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard,” the statement added. “An investigation is underway.”
A defense official told Military.com that Houthi rebels fired at the Truman carrier hours before the latest incident took place. The claim follows President Donald Trump telling reporters that the group does not “want to fight anymore.”
“They just don’t want to fight. And we will honor that,” Trump said. “And we will stop the bombings, and they have capitulated, but more importantly, we will take their word, they say they will not be blowing up ships anymore.”
In January, President Trump designated the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
“Supported by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force (IRGC-QF), which arms and trains terrorist organizations worldwide, the Houthis have fired at U.S. Navy warships dozens of times since 2023, endangering American men and women in uniform,” his order read, adding that the group’s activities “threaten the security of American civilians and personnel in the Middle East, the safety of our closest regional partners, and the stability of global maritime trade.”
