F-35 Jet crashed into US aircraft carriers in the South China Sea, 7 injured
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 inju...