The U.S. Navy confirmed that the carrier's carrier -based fighter was blown into the sea by the wind.

According to US media reports such as the US "Congress", on August 8th, local time, the US Navy's European-African Command issued a press release saying that the Navy was deep in the Mediterranean 9500 feet (about 2.89 kilometers) on August 3 on August 3 A F/A-18 "Super Hornet" fighter was salvaged. The fighter was blown into the sea from the wind from the aircraft carrier on July 8th.

The group members of the fighter fighter came from several different naval departments, including members of the 68th Special Force of the Maritime System Command from the Naval Maritime Systems responsible for salvage and diving, as well as service personnel assigned to the "Truman" aircraft carrier, the Atlantic Fighter Wedeing The sixth fleet of the United States also participated in the salvage operation.

The fighter was salvaged and sent to the military facilities near the falling sea, and then transported it back to the United States from the military facilities. The U.S. Navy has begun to investigate the cause of the accident. It has not yet announced the specific location of the plane crashing and salvaging the sea.

When the fighter fell into the sea from the deck of "Trumon" on July 8, the aircraft carrier "Truman" was performing supply tasks in bad weather. The fighter weighs 14.5 tons and costs about 50 million US dollars.

"Harry Truman" aircraft carrier deck picture Source: "Business Insider"

According to the "Business Insider", F/A-18E/F "Super Hornets" are the main carrier-based fighters of the US Navy. The U.S. military has not figured out how the heavy aircraft fell into the sea.

In less than a year, the Western Navy had three carrier -based fighter jets falling into the sea and was forced to deploy additional rescue forces to salvage. In November last year, a F-35 fighter fell into the Mediterranean when the F-35 fighter took off from the "Queen Elizabeth" aircraft carrier. In January of this year, a F-35C fighter crashed on the "Karwenson" carrier deck and pilot ejected to escape.

Source 丨 People's Daily Overseas Edition

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