The pilot was able to eject before the aircraft slammed into the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson and then fell into the water.
The pilot was able to eject before the aircraft slammed into the flight deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Monday and then fell into the water. The pilot was safely recovered by a helicopter, said Lt. Mark Langford, a spokesman for the U.S. 7th Fleet.
"The status and recovery of the aircraft is currently under investigation," he told The Associated Press. As the Carl Vinson and Abraham Lincoln strike groups began their dual carrier operations on Sunday, China flewtoward Taiwan in its largest such sortie of the new year, according to Taiwan's defense ministry.
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