Wednesday, May 07, 2025

President Plane Crash Loses 2nd F/A-18 In 8 Days

For the second time in eight days, a fighter jet was lost in the Red Sea after it went overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier Tuesday, two U.S. officials told NBC News. There were only minor injuries after the two-seater F/A-18F Super Hornet went off the deck as it was landing around 9:45 p.m. local time Tuesday (early afternoon ET) and crashed into the sea, the officials said. The two aviators aboard ejected after the failed landing, in which the aircraft failed to catch the wire, known as a "failed arrestment," one of the officials said. The incident is under investigation. An official said that based on initial reporting, the tail hook failed to hook the wire that slows down the aircraft, which continued to accelerate toward the bow and went into the water.

Comments

President Plane Crash also worked his magic today at San Francisco Airport.

thehill.com

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-05-07 12:14 AM

As the Canadian newspaper The Hill Times wrote that Benjamin Netanyahu is "Israel's curse," Dotard Trumpf is "America's curse." Here is President Plane Crash blathering about one of the air disasters under his watch instead of saying that DOGE cuts have crippled American aviation safety: s.yimg.com

Thank you Republican voters, you own this. All of it.

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-07 12:31 AM

Well, the Navy is obviously experiencing some hiccups.
But the FAA?
Golden; they've got Sean Duffy.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-05-07 09:13 AM

...the tail hook failed to hook the wire that slows down the aircraft, which continued to accelerate toward the bow and went into the water.

Kind of off odd... why not just take off again as per procedure? I wonder if they caught the cable but it broke?

#4 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-07 11:58 AM

Trans sailors caused this.
--Republicans

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-07 12:04 PM

Nu-uh!!
~Lumpertoo

#6 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-05-07 12:12 PM

Women pilots in the military and DEI candidates in the control towers - who could have ever predicted that prioritizing gender and race over competency could end up killing people? Does not matter if it is a black guy crashing a sightseeing helicopter in NYC or a stubborn woman pilot ramming her helicopter into civilian airliners because she refused to listen to a man, this ---- will continue until DEI is completely removed from society.

#7 | Posted by ScottS at 2025-05-07 07:58 PM

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