Fighter jet based out of NAS Lemoore slips off hangar deck of carrier in the Red Sea

WASHINGTON (KFSN) -- An F/A-18 combatant pitchy assigned to a squadron based retired of NAS Lemoore rolled disconnected the broadside of an craft bearer and sank to the bottommost of the Red Sea connected Monday.

The Navy said astatine the time, the craft was being towed retired of the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman erstwhile the unit mislaid power and the craft and a tow tractor went overboard.

There was 1 unit subordinate aboard the pitchy and a 2nd connected the tractor during the move, some were capable to leap wide of the craft earlier it fell overboard. One sailor sustained a insignificant injury.

The bonzer mishap involving the $70 cardinal pitchy was attributed to quality error.

The USS Harry S. Truman has been operating successful the Red Sea since past September, erstwhile it was deployed to assistance support commercialized ships against near-constant attacks by Houthi rebels successful Yemen.