US fighter jet rolls off aircraft carrier as ship reportedly swerves Houthi fire
by Joanna Walters and agency from US news | The Guardian on (#6WYE3)
Crew members jump out of Super Hornet before jet and towing tractor fall into the Red Sea
US sailors had to leap for their lives when a fighter jet fell off a navy aircraft carrier that was reportedly making evasive maneuvers to avoid Houthi militant fire in the Red Sea on Monday.
The F/A-18 fighter Super Hornet jet, along with the vehicle towing it into place on the deck of the USS Harry S Truman, rolled right out of the hangar and into the water, the navy said.
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