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Seven injured after a US plane crashed into an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea


Three of the injured required treatment at a medical center in Manila, Philippines.

Three of the injured required treatment at a medical center in Manila, Philippines.

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The pilot of a US F-35 jet was thrown when his plane crashed into the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in the South China Sea., causing a total of seven people injured, The US Pacific Fleet reported in a statement on Monday.

The Pacific Fleet indicated that the pilot was conducting routine flight operations at the time of the incident. They ejected safely and were recovered by a military helicopter, adding that the pilot is in stable condition.

The fleet added that six other people were injured on the aircraft carrier deck, of which, three required treatment at a medical center in Manila, Philippines, and are in stable condition, while the other three were treated on the aircraft carrier, and were released.

So far, the cause of what has been called an “in-flight mishap” remains under investigation, CNN reported.

It is the first reported accident involving an F-35C, a US Navy variant of the single-engine stealth fighter, which is designed for non-carrier operations.

Meanwhile, the F-35A, flown by the Air Force, takes off and lands on conventional runways, and the F-35B, the Marine Corps version, it is a short-takeoff vertical landing aircraft that can operate from Navy assault ships.

“(The Marine variant) features beefier landing gear to handle carrier takeoffs and landings, folding wings to fit on a crowded flight deck, larger wings, a slightly larger payload and slightly larger operating range. longer”, highlighted the manufacturer of the aircraft, Lockheed Martin, so the F-35C was the last of the three variants to remain operational, having only done so in 2019.

Carl Vinson was the first of 11 US Navy aircraft carriers to deploy with the F-35C, when she departed from San Diego in August 2021.

That deployment marks the first time in US naval aviation history that a stealth fighter has been operationally deployed on an aircraft carrier.“Lockheed Martin pointed out.

Carl Vinson and his escorts were operating in the South China Sea alongside the USS Abraham Lincoln Strike Group in two-carrier operations that began Sunday, according to the Navy on its social media accounts.

The South China Sea, which occupies 1.3 million square miles, has been the site of frequent naval activity in recent years, as China has signed its claims over almost the entire area through the construction and militarization of islands and reefs.

With information from CNN

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