Navy Super Hornet That Blew Off Carrier's Deck Back In U.S. Hands
Joseph Trevithick - 11m ago
The U.S. Navy says it has recovered an F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter jet that was blown off the deck of the supercarrier USS Harry S. Truman as it sailed in the Mediterranean Sea last month. The service says the jet was recovered after being located on the seabed at a depth of around 9,500 feet. It will now be taken to an unspecified military facility in the region before being transported back to the United States.
A salvage team made up of U.S. personnel from U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa, U.S. Six Fleet's Task Force 68, Naval Sea Systems Command's Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), the Truman, Naval Strike Fighter Wing Atlantic, as well as contractors, recovered the Super Hornet on August 3 while embarked on the Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) Everest, according to a Navy press release. Marine services company Maritime Construction Services, which has its main headquarters in Luxembourg, operates Everest.
The Super Hornet in question, which was from one of the squadrons currently assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW 1), fell off Truman's deck on July 8, according to an initial Navy statement on the incident. At that time, the service said that "unexpected heavy weather" was the immediate cause, but that a full investigation into the circumstances behind the loss of the aircraft had been launched.
Joseph Trevithick - 11m ago
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