$60 million Navy fighter jet slides off USS Truman and sinks to bottom of the sea

When Houthi rebels took aim at the USS Harry S. Truman last week, the aircraft carrier's evasive action had an expensive consequence: a $60 million F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet slid off and sank to the bottom of the ocean.
As reported in AP, the costly mishap occurred as crew members were towing the aircraft across the carrier's hangar bay. — Read the rest
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