Second US warplane falls off aircraft carrier into Red Sea; Finnish fighter jet crashes in Arctic town

Washington (AFP) May 7, 2025 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 d

May 7, 2025 - 13:25
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Second US warplane falls off aircraft carrier into Red Sea; Finnish fighter jet crashes in Arctic town
Washington (AFP) May 7, 2025
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 d