Posted on 01/24/2022 2:32:41 PM PST by yesthatjallen
A fighter jet has crashed while attempting to land on the USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea, injuring at least seven crew members, the U.S. Navy says. The pilot safely ejected.
The accident happened on Monday when the F-35C Lightning II aircraft was attempting to land on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson, which is carrying out routine flight operations in the South China Sea.
A statement from the U.S. Navy said the pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was later recovered by a U.S. military helicopter, but 7 service members were injured, including 4 sailors who were flown to a hospital in Manila. All are in stable condition.
Specific details about Monday’s accident were not immediately released. The statement from the Navy did not say how the service members were injured or what happened to the aircraft.
“Additional details and the cause of the inflight mishap is under investigation,” the statement said.
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Sounds like the Russians are in charge.
Flight Ops from a carrier are always dangerous. Wonder what the cause was, whether it was vertical or standard approach.
What does the fighter jet identify as?
Is a show of strength done by royally messing up?
Bad timing. Or should I say Biden timing.
Standard carrier landings are referred to as a controlled crash.
In my limited experience the navy doesn’t usually get too bent out of shape as long as the aircrew survive.
U.S. Pacific Fleet:
pilot in stable condition after ejecting safely
three sailors transported to Manila
for treatment are also in stable condition
WOW! If this isn’t an omen what is? God in heaven deliver us from this mad court jester! Help us!
If the Navy can’t skipper ships without failing at the basics of not crashing into cargo ships, who thinks they’ll get complex flight operations correct?
Very dangerous, not only for the pilots, but for all the flight crew who work on the deck.
Aircraft carrier flight deck ops are commonly understood to be one of the most dangerous jobs there is.
My thinking exactly.
...years ago, I remember a shipmate who was a flattop crew member on the flight deck when one of the “wires” snapped during a “trap”...injured quite a number of those folks on the flight deck....
Sounds like Biden is in charge.
Debris.
China celebrates.
Or McCain is back.
...when the F-35C Lightning II aircraft was attempting to land
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$80M gone, just like that
This isn’t the only naval incident in the South China Sea in the last couple years.
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