{"id":17102,"date":"2022-01-26T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T03:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17102"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T14:34:10","slug":"f-35-jet-crashes-on-us-aircraft-carrier-in-south-china-sea-7-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/26\/f-35-jet-crashes-on-us-aircraft-carrier-in-south-china-sea-7-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35 jet crashes on US aircraft carrier in South China Sea, 7 injured"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Seven sailors were injured on Monday after a pilot of the US F-35 fighter jet crashed on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US Navy<\/a> said in a statement that the incident happened in the South China Sea during a routine flight operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, had a landing mishap on deck while USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) was conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea, Jan. 24, 2022. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>

The pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was recovered via US military helicopter,” <\/em><\/strong><\/p>the US Pacific Fleet said in the statement<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The statement further said that out of the seven injured sailors<\/strong>, were evacuated to Manila, Philippines for treatment, where their condition was listed as stable. \n\nThe other four, said the US Navy, were treated by on-board medical personnel<\/strong>.<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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No details were provided on the cause of the incident or the fate of the aircraft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Pacific Fleet said the incident was under investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
  • The Vinson and another US carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln<\/strong>, and their strike groups began drills on Sunday in the South China Sea, following exercises with a Japanese naval ship<\/strong> in the Philippine Sea last week.<\/li>
  • The South China Sea is among China’s most sensitive territorial issues<\/strong> and is a frequent area of tension between the United States and China.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • The news of the US operations<\/strong> coincides with Taiwan reporting the latest mass incursion by China’s air force into its air defence identification zone – 39 aircraft <\/strong>– in an area close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands<\/strong> in the northern reaches of the South China Sea.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
      Taiwan also reported an anti-submarine Y-8 <\/strong>in the Bashi Channel which separates the country from the Philippines and connects the Pacific to the South China Sea<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      Stay tuned and updated with Aviationa2z.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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