World News

35671 readers

643 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

US Navy loses $60 million jet at sea after it fell overboard from aircraft carrier (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Be aircraft carrier

One job

Fail to carry aircraft

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm still trying to imagine something the size of a carrier making hard turns

A US official said that initial reports from the scene indicated that the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Ah so the Houthis shot it down and they are using a lame excuse. That checks out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

looks like it might be legit what happened

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They could have done a scandi flick?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

just imagine the structural stress from that