An F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 136 was lost overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) while the aircraft carrier was in the Red Sea on April 28, the U.S. Navy announced.
The accident also resulted in the loss of a tow tractor but all personnel were accounted for, with only one sailor sustaining a minor injury, according to the statement from the Navy.
The Navy reported that the F/A-18E was being towed in the carrier’s hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the jet. The jet and the tow tractor both went overboard. Sailors involved in the towing immediately moved clear of the jet before it fell into the sea. The Navy has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the accident….