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US fighter jet rolls off aircraft carrier, sinks into ocean, Navy says
ABC News ^
| April 28, 2025
| Anne Flaherty
Posted on 04/28/2025 5:06:45 PM PDT by Red Badger
An F/A-18E fighter jet rolled off the side an aircraft carrier and sank to the bottom of the Red Sea, the Navy announced on Monday.
There was one enlisted crew member aboard the jet and a second enlisted crew member inside the tractor when the incident occurred.
Both personnel were able to jump out in time with only one person sustaining a minor injury, according to officials.
In the extraordinary mishap, the $70 million jet was being towed out of the hanger bay of the USS Harry S. Truman when the crew lost control.
"The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard," the Navy wrote in a statement.
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To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...
AVIATION PING!.............SORT OF..............
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04/28/2025 5:07:24 PM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: 04-Bravo; 1FASTGLOCK45; 1stFreedom; 2ndDivisionVet; 2sheds; 60Gunner; 6AL-4V; A.A. Cunningham; ...
AVIATION PING!.............SORT OF..............
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:07:25 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: Red Badger
Somebody’s going to get fired for this one.
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:08:21 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(You can evade reality, but you cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. KTF)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:08:53 PM PDT
by
I-ambush
(From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
To: Red Badger
Any plans for a recovery operation of the equipment?
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:09:27 PM PDT
by
Frank Drebin
(And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:10:14 PM PDT
by
BobL
To: Red Badger
The tractor driver dropped her makeup purse and lost control when she went to pick it up.
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:10:35 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
To: Red Badger
Hegseth is going to get hit with far-left, “Media” dog feces for this one. It’s all Hegseth’s, Musk’s, and Trump’s fault. Ask any far-left, little old lady tromping, Molotov throwing, Bettlejuice Conga line dancer and childish “protest” sign makers.
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:12:30 PM PDT
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FlingWingFlyer
(The U.S. "Judiciary. Putting Foreign Illegal Aliens Criminals first. They are here ILLEGALLY!)
To: Red Badger
You know where I used to work and what I did.
For over 30 years I read reports and heard stories of lost and damaged aircraft (many being F18s) in a myriad of ways, but this is a new one on me.
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:12:42 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: Red Badger
Glad no one was killed or seriously hurt, though, wow, can’t say I’ve heard of that happening before. I bet that’s coming out of their pay!
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:13:24 PM PDT
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ducttape45
(Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
To: Red Badger
A billion here, a billion there... pretty quick we are talking real money
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:13:39 PM PDT
by
South Dakota
(Vance / Trump...2028 )
To: Frank Drebin
Good question. I wouldn’t want that plane falling into the hands of an enemy, operational or not.
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04/28/2025 5:14:02 PM PDT
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ducttape45
(Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?")
To: Red Badger
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04/28/2025 5:14:14 PM PDT
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Skooz
(Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:14:37 PM PDT
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silverleaf
(“Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
To: Red Badger
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Someone checking their cell phone?
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posted on
04/28/2025 5:20:17 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: Red Badger
We had a couple of these events on the Forrestal (CVA-59) in the late ‘60s
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04/28/2025 5:21:17 PM PDT
by
Oscar in Batangas
(An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
To: Red Badger
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04/28/2025 5:24:33 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
(For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: Red Badger
Not the first time. I remember a jet aircraft rolling off an aircraft carrier in the late 1960s or early 1970s. A Soviet sub watched it happen so the carrier started recovery efforts to retrieve the jet so it would not fall into enemy hands.
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