WASHINGTON (AP) — A fighter jet and a helicopter based mostly off the plane service USS Nimitz each crashed into the South China Sea inside half-hour of one another, the Navy’s Pacific Fleet stated.
The three crew members of the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter had been rescued on Sunday afternoon, and the 2 aviators within the F/A-18F Tremendous Hornet fighter jet ejected and had been recovered safely, and all 5 “are secure and in steady situation,” the fleet stated in a press release.
The causes of the 2 crashes had been below investigation, the assertion stated.
President Donald Trump, talking to reporters aboard Air Pressure One en path to Tokyo on Monday, stated the incidents might have been brought on by “unhealthy gas.” He dominated out foul play and stated there was “nothing to cover.”
The united statesNimitz is returning to its dwelling port in Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state after having been deployed to the Center East for many of the summer season as a part of the U.S. response to assaults by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on business delivery. The service is on its remaining deployment earlier than decommissioning.
One other plane service, the united statesHarry S. Truman, suffered a sequence of mishaps in latest months whereas deployed to the Center East.
In December, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down an F/A-18 jet from the Truman.
Then, in April, one other F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the Truman’s hangar deck and fell into the Pink Sea.
And in Might, an F/A fighter jet touchdown on the service within the Pink Sea went overboard after apparently failing to catch the metal cables used to cease touchdown planes and forcing its two pilots to eject.
No sailors had been killed in any of these mishaps. The outcomes of investigations into these incidents have but to be launched.
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