$70m Navy F-18 Fighter Jet Falls Into Red Sea Off The Uss Harry S Truman

The U.S. Navy connected Monday said that an craft bearer responsible for launching strikes successful nan Red Sea against Houthi terrorists mislaid an F/A-18 Super Hornet that went overboard. 

The USS Harry S. Truman mislaid nan combatant pitchy and a tow tractor while operating successful nan immense waterway. 

The level was actively nether tow successful a hangar bay erstwhile nan unit mislaid power of the aircraft. The pitchy and tow past went overboard and were lost, nan Navy said. 

Sailors towing nan craft took "immediate action" to move clear of nan craft earlier it fell overboard, nan Navy said.

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An F/A-18 Hornet combatant pitchy is seen landing connected nan platform of nan USS Harry S. Truman during a NATO workout successful May 2022. (Andreas Solero/AFP via Getty Images)

All naval unit were accounted for, though 1 sailor sustained insignificant injuries. An investigation into nan incident is ongoing.

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The F-18 Super Hornet is estimated to costs astir $67.4 million, according to nan Navy Air Systems Command. 

This was not nan first combatant pitchy to autumn disconnected nan USS Harry S. Truman. An F/A-18 Super Hornet was lost astatine sea aft falling disconnected nan craft bearer adjacent Naples, Italy, aft it was blown overboard by "unexpected" dense winds successful July 2022. 

In December 2024, an F/A-18 Super Hornet was shot down complete nan Red Sea successful an evident "friendly fire" incident, nan U.S. subject said astatine nan time.

Despite nan astir caller loss, nan Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, a conjugation of U.S. warships deployed to nan Red Sea, and an aerial helping stay afloat mission-capable, officials said.

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This image shows an craft launching from nan USS Harry S. Truman successful nan Red Sea earlier airstrikes successful Sanaa, Yemen, connected Saturday, March 15. (U.S. Navy via AP)

The onslaught group consists of nan Truman craft bearer and 9 squadrons of Carrier Air Wing 1, 3 guided-missile destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 28, and nan Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Gettysburg.

The craft bearer has been operating successful nan Red Sea, wherever it has launched strikes against Houthi terrorists successful Yemen.  

The Iran-backed group has claimed to person attacked nan USS Harry S. Truman and its accompanying warships successful caller weeks, arsenic good arsenic against merchant vessels navigating nan Red Sea.

Houthi fighters are pictured adjacent to U.S. President Donald Trump. (AP Images/Getty Images)

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The attacks escalated aft President Donald Trump launched a subject run against nan group connected March 15. The Houthis person targeted ships successful nan Red Sea successful solidarity pinch Hamas, pursuing its Oct. 7, 2023 onslaught connected Israel. 

The U.S. subject has pummeled complete 800 targets since mid-March successful a run aimed astatine eliminating nan Houthis, according to a caller update from U.S. Central Command. 

Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard and The Associated Press contributed to this report.