The US Navy confirmed that the carrier's carrier -based fighter was blown into the sea by the wind and the sea has been salvaged to the sea

Cover Journalist Yan Lei Intern Yang Chenhang

On August 8th local time, a press release issued by the US Navy's European-African Command stated that on August 3, the Navy team recovered a F/A-18 army jet aircraft under the sea of ​​9,500 feet in the Mediterranean Sea. Essence The plane fell into the sea in July for "unexpected bad weather".

It has been salvaged from Haidilao and will be shipped back to the United States

It is reported that the jet aircraft fell into the sea from Harry S. Truman on July 8th.

The soldiers who recycled the aircraft used the remote control device to connect the "special incorporate and promotion line" to the aircraft on the bottom of the sea. After installing the incident, the rescue team connected the cable to a heavy hook, "promoted the aircraft to the sea", and "lifted" it to the multi -purpose construction ship Effelist. It is reported that this is an independent motor ship that can be used for various purposes in the ocean.

After the plane was salvaged from the depths of the ocean and transferred to the Effelist, the Navy transported the aircraft to "nearby military facilities", and then transported it back to the United States from military facilities.

The group of recycling this aircraft includes soldiers from several different naval units, including the 68th Special Force of the Navy Maritime System Command from the Naval Maritime Systems responsible for salvage and diving, and service personnel assigned to the aircraft carrier of Trummen. In addition, the Atlantic Ocean The fighter wing and the US Sixth Fleet also participated in salvage.

Lieutenant Colonel Mirgel Lewis, the sixth fleet, said in the statement, "The rapid response of the joint group enables us to perform a safe rescue operation within 27 days after the accident. schedule."

Falling the sea due to "unexpected bad weather"

The U.S. Navy said at the time that due to the "bad weather" of the Mediterranean, the fighter fell into the sea from the "Truman" on July 8. At that time, the aircraft carrier was executed at sea supply. A sailor was injured and has recovered.

The U.S. Navy has begun to investigate the cause of the accident. It has not yet announced the specific location of the plane crashing and salvaging the sea. After the fighter is salvaged, it will be sent to the military facilities near the landing land, and then the military facilities will be shipped back to the United States.

The F/A-18E/F "Super Hornet" fighter is the main carrier-based fighter. The fighter weighs 14.5 tons and costs about 50 million US dollars. However, the Navy has begun the fifth-generation F-35C of the update of the carrier-based air union.

This time the F/A-18 crash incident was the third time the Western Navy lost its carrier-based fighter at sea within a year, and was forced to deploy additional assets to take it back.

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