Again? A fighter jet falls off U.S. aircraft carrier, days after another fell off the same one
The officials said the jet failed to come to a proper halt after landing on the carrier. Both members of the crew ejected before the jet plunged into the water and were recovered by a rescue helicopter, one of the officials said.
The U.S. navy did not have an immediate response.
One of the officials said medical evaluations showed the aviators had minor injuries and that no flight deck personnel were injured.
The incident was first reported by CNN. ABC News and NBC News also had their own reports about it.
Last week, another fighter jet fell overboard from the same ship, which has been aiding U.S. strikes against Yemen's Houthi fighters.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CTV News
7 hours ago
- CTV News
Muskoka Lakes firefighters help tiny turtle cross the road
Firefighters from the Muskoka Lakes Fire Department spotted a turtle while out in the Waters Point area. Without hesitation, they pulled over their truck to lend a hand. (Muskoka Lakes Fire Dept.) It was a sunny day up north when a small turtle found itself in a big situation… stuck in the middle of the road. Thankfully, emergency crews were close by when they pointed out the tiny guy. Firefighters from the Muskoka Lakes Fire Department spotted the little traveler on Friday while out in the Waters Point area. Without hesitation, they pulled over their truck to lend a hand. 'We found our patient out in Waters Point today,' said one firefighter recording a video of the reptile. Approaching the turtle with care, the firefighter couldn't resist lightening the mood. 'Excuse me, sir, are you having chest pain?' he said, while his teammate gently lifted the turtle from the middle of the road. In the video posted on social media, the Muskoka crew carried the traveler to safety placing it on the other side of the bend in the direction it appeared to be heading. Firefighters are trained to handle emergencies of all kinds, but it's not every day that their patient lives well over a century and has a hard shell.
CBC
7 hours ago
- CBC
250-year-old grandfather clock returned to N.S. after being found in U.S.
An antique clock built in Nova Scotia has returned home after a long journey. The clock was repatriated after being discovered in a Maryland home.
National Post
13 hours ago
- National Post
J.D. Tuccille: U.S. Department of Education should be abolished
Article content In 2017, an article in the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Ed. magazine noted that, 'The federal government uses a complex system of funding mechanisms, policy directives and the soft but considerable power of the presidential bully pulpit to shape what, how and where students learn.' Article content In fact, state and local educators, largely linked by the culture and ideology that permeates teachers' unions and the federal Department of Education, are usually more than happy to have their arms twisted into accepting the latest trends favoured by Washington. The result is less variety and experimentation among schools that are locally operated but don't want to offend the feds. Maybe that would be tolerable if such standardization produced well-educated kids, but it doesn't. Article content In January, the Department of Education announced the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) — often called 'the nation's report card' — by admitting they 'reveal a heartbreaking reality for American students and confirm our worst fears: not only did most students not recover from pandemic-related learning loss, but those students who were the most behind and needed the most support have fallen even further behind.' Article content Inefficient and unresponsive public schools aren't a new thing — Americans have complained about them for decades. But they're now doing more than complaining — they're heading for the exits in favour of alternatives, such as private schools, publicly funded but privately run charter schools, co-operative learning pods, micro-schools and various forms of homeschooling. Article content Since the COVID-19 pandemic, while traditional public schools saw enrolment decline by over a million students, private schools, which educate nine per cent of combined public and private students, picked up enrolment, many paying tuition with the help of tax credits and education savings accounts explicitly established to support school choice. At the same time, charter schools increased enrolment by 400,000 and now educate roughly seven per cent of all students. Article content Homeschooling is harder to measure since not all states track those who choose DIY education, but the Johns Hopkins University Homeschool Hub estimates that six per cent of students are educated through various homeschooling approaches and that, 'The number of home-schooled students is going up as the total number of U.S. students in going down.' Culture wars and battles over politicized classrooms — exemplified in those competing California and Texas textbooks — only serve to accelerate the exodus. Article content If the U.S. Department of Education is doing anything, it's presiding over a decline in public education that Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Cara Fitzpatrick dramatically overstates in her 2023 book, ' The Death of Public Schools.' The public schools aren't dead, but they're mortally wounded and shedding support after having been rendered repulsive by their own advocates. Article content In March, President Trump ordered Education Secretary Linda McMahon to 'take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return authority over education to the states and local communities.' He's since laid off almost half the department's workforce — a move boosted this week when the U.S. Supreme Court eased the way for mass firings of federal workers. Article content Article content Article content
