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On the same day that President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the United States and Yemen’s Houthis, an F/A-18 Super Hornet crashed off the deck of an aircraft carrier. The fighter was landing on USS Harry S. Truman when the “arrestment failed, causing the aircraft to go overboard,” U.S. Central Command told The Intercept by email.

After the $60 million jet’s tail hook failed to catch the wire that slows down the aircraft, it plummeted into the Red Sea. Two aviators ejected from the jet and were plucked from the water by a search and rescue helicopter. Both were injured, according to an unnamed CENTCOM official.

The injured aviators are the latest in a growing number of casualties in the Middle East that the Trump White House prefers to ignore. As The Intercept reported last week, CENTCOM, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the White House are keeping the total number of U.S. casualties from the war secret.

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[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is this the second or third recently?

[–] Galapagon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

Results unclear, ask again.

[–] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

2nd in a week. I think 3rd lost plane since December. 1 was lost to friendly fire.

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

Another common navy L

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The procedure when doing a carrier landing is to go to full throttle as you touch down. It may seem counterintuitive, but the idea is if you miss all the wires, you have enough thrust to get back into the air to go around and try again. If you catch a wire, they’re designed to stop the plane at full power. I’m curious what went wrong here to leave the plane short of the necessary power to get airborne again.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Are we sure this happing and not they are secretly being sold to our enemies under the table, and Peter is profiting?

Edit: my wife thinks that he is helping Putins army and that Victory Day is something they celebrate in Russia. Its red flags all the way down.

[–] sleet01@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, three fighters in as many months "dropped in the ocean" is suspicious.

[–] indomara@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Perhaps it was partially arrested and the lines snapped, leaving it too slow to get airborne?

[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

The U.S. army's wizards seem to be completely inept. The disappearing act is supposed to be done without a tres.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Oh I see, someone set all the "go upwards" switches to Off

[–] NewOldGuard@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Lmao so that’s the third F18 they’ve lost from this ship? They had that friendly fire in December, then the one where the ship turned and the plane fell off, now this lol. This paper tiger empire is losing a conflict over a naval blockade this badly to a country with a low nominal GDP, still gripped by civil war, and which has no navy. Hard to imagine this force winning against a popular uprising or peer conflict lmao

[–] Docker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

So you're into a lot of news !!