A pilot was forced to eject from a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet while attempting to land aboard the USS Carl Vinson as the carrier steamed north toward the Korean Peninsula on Friday, according to the US Navy.
A pilot was forced to eject from a Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet while attempting to land aboard the USS Carl Vinson as the carrier steamed north toward the Korean Peninsula on Friday, according to the U. S. Navy.
Crews quickly rescued the unnamed pilot who wasn’t hurt, the officials said. The Carl Vinson was in the Celebes Sea at the time, south of the Philippines.
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The single-seat jet, from the VFA-137 Kestrels squadron, was conducting “routine flight operations” before it crashed, according to a statement from the U. S. Navy’s 7th Fleet. It did not specify exactly when the pilot ejected, and the cause of the crash was unclear.
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Navy officials have said the Carl Vinson, intended as a show of force to North Korea, will arrive in the region next week.
