Mishap on US aircraft carrier as $70m fighter jet goes overboard

An F/A-18 fighter jet slipped off the hanger deck of an aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East, as sailors were towing the aircraft into place in the hangar bay of the USS Harry S. Truman on Monday, the Navy said.

The crew members who were in the pilot seat of the Super Hornet and on the small towing tractor both jumped out before the jet and the tug went into the Red Sea.

According to a defense official, the sailor who jumped from the aircraft sustained a minor injury.

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