USS Carl Vinson and USS Abraham Lincoln are in the South China Sea for training. Drill starts on Sunday, taking training with a Japanese Navy ship on the Philippines sea last week.
Seven sailors were injured on Monday after the US F-35 fighter jet pilot crashed into the aircraft deck USS Carl Vinson. The US Navy said in a statement that the incident occurred in the South China Sea during routine flight operations.
“F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, has a landing accident on the Deck while USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) is conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, 2422. The pilot is safely removed from the aircraft and recovered Through the US military helicopter, “said the US Fleet Pacific in the statement.
The next statement said that of the seven injured sailors, evacuated to Manila, the Philippines for care, where the conditions were registered as stable. Four others, the US Navy said, was treated by on-board medical personnel.
There is no detail provided on the cause of the incidence or fate of the aircraft. The Pacific fleet said the incident was being investigated.
Vinson and other US operators, USS Abraham Lincoln, and their strike group began training on Sundays in the South China Sea, following training with Japanese Navy ships in the Philippines sea last week.
The South China Sea is one of the most sensitive territorial problems in China and is a frequent tension area between the United States and China.
News about US operations to coincide with Taiwan reported the latest mass attack by the Chinese Air Force to the air defense identification zone – 39 aircraft – in areas close to the Pratise Islands which was controlled by Taiwan in the northern range of the South China Sea.
Taiwan also reported Anti-Submarine Y-8 in the Bashi Channel that separated the country from the Philippines and connected the Pacific to the South China Sea.