Pilots eject as second US jet falls into the Red Sea after failed aircraft carrier landing
An F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet fell into the Red Sea.
It failed to slow down after landing on the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier.
It is the second US plane lost in just over a week.
A multi-million-dollar US warplane failed to land on the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier and plummeted into the Red Sea on Tuesday, the US military said, the second jet lost from the ship in just over a week.
The two-seat F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet, worth around $67 million, went overboard after an unsuccessful attempt to slow it down as it landed, the US Central Command said.
A defence official told AFP the hook of the aircraft failed to catch the arresting wire on the aircraft carrier.
'The arrestment failed, causing the aircraft to go overboard,' the official said.
The official added: 'Both aviators safely ejected and were rescued by the search and rescue helicopter.'
'The aviators were evaluated by medical personnel and assessed to have minor injuries. No flight deck personnel were injured.'
It is the second F/A-18 operating off the Truman to be lost in just over a week.
Another jet fell off the same carrier on 28 April in an accident that injured one sailor, and also dragged a tractor that was towing the fighter plane into the sea.
And late in 2024, a F/A-18 operating off the Truman was lost after it was mistakenly shot down by the USS Gettysburg guided missile cruiser.
Both pilots survived that incident.
The Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers operating in the Middle East, where US forces have been hammering Yemen's Houthi rebels with strikes since mid-March in an attempt to end the threat they pose to ships in the region.
Mediator Oman said on Tuesday the US and the Houthis had agreed a ceasefire.
Reuters reported that the ceasefire deal between Yemen's Houthis and the US does not include sparing Israel, the group said on Wednesday, suggesting its shipping attacks that have disrupted global trade and challenged world powers will not come to a complete halt.
US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the US would stop bombing the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen, saying that the group had agreed to stop attacking US ships.
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