The 'landing mishap' comes as Nimitz-class carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) had just kicked off joint operations with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea, reports Ventura, California's gCapt
The 'landing mishap' comes as Nimitz-class carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) had just kicked off joint operations with the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea, reports Ventura, California's gCapt. Seven US Navy sailors were injured after a F-35 fighter jet had a 'landing mishap' on board the Vinson, the US Navy has confirmed.
The pilot of the F-35C Lightning II aircraft 'safely ejected' and was recovered by helicopter and is reported in stable condition.
Three of the injured required a MEDEVAC to a medical treatment facility in Manila and are reported in stable condition. Another four were treated on-board.
'Additional details and the cause of the inflight mishap is under investigation,' the Navy said.
The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group includes nine squadrons from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, consisting of an F-35C squadron, known as the 'Argonauts' of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, among others.
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