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Two Navy Aviators Eject During Landing Mishap on USS Eisenhower
Confirmed
In Short: Two Navy aviators ejected during a landing mishap aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, injuring four sailors.
Two Navy aviators ejected during a landing mishap aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia on Monday evening, resulting in injuries to four sailors.
The aviators, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3, were safely recovered by search and rescue personnel and returned to the ship for medical evaluation.
One sailor was transported to a Norfolk-area hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, while the remaining three injured sailors are being monitored and treated by onboard medical staff.
The Navy did not specify the type of two-seater aircraft involved in the incident, nor did it provide details on the cause of the mishap.
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier commissioned in 1977, was conducting carrier qualifications in the Atlantic at the time of the incident.
The carrier had recently completed extensive maintenance and modernization work at a shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Buckley noted that most people do not remember the intense experience of ejecting from an aircraft traveling at high speeds.
The Navy stated that carrier crews regularly train for emergencies and unexpected situations during flight operations, enabling a swift and safe response to the incident.
Background
Two Navy aviators ejected during a landing mishap aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, injuring four sailors.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier currently in service with the United States Navy.
What's confirmed
- Eisenhower aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia Monday evening and four sailors aboard the vessel were injured in what the Navy characterized as a "mishap." The two aviators, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3, successfully ejected as "a mishap occurred during aircraft recovery operations" and were "promptly" rescued by search and rescue personnel, the Navy said in a short statement.
- Navy aviators ejected while trying to land their aircraft on USS Dwight D.
- They are being evaluated by medical personnel, the Navy said.
- The Navy did not reveal which type of two-seater plane was involved in the accident.
- The Navy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
- Eisenhower, a nuclear-powered Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, entered service in 1977.
- “Bo th aviators were safely returned to the ship and are being evaluated by medical personnel. Four shipboard personnel were also injured duri ng the mishap and are receiving medical care. One sailor is being transported to a Norfolk-area hospital for treatment of no n-life-threatening injuries”.
- The Navy also said one sailor was transported to a hospital in the Norfolk, Virginia, area for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
- The Navy said the two aviators were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3, ejected, and were subsequently recovered by search and rescue personnel, and both were returned to the ship for medical evaluation.
- The Navy said carrier crews regularly train for emergencies and unexpected situations during flight operations, and it said that training enabled the crew to respond quickly and safely.
- USA · updated 1h ago · 2 min read Two US Navy aviators ejected during aircraft recovery on USS Dwight D.
- The Navy did not immediately answer a request for further details.
What's still developing
- And I said, 'maybe live' because it's incredibly violent," Buckley said. "Most folks don't even remember the ejection.
- Matthew "Whiz" Buckley, who flew combat missions in Iraq, told Fox News Digital what goes through a fighter pilot’s mind when ejecting from an aircraft traveling hundreds of miles per hour.
- The incident follows several recent mishaps in which military aviators had to eject.
- Eisenhower (CVN-69) on Monday, USNI News has learned.
- Following the ejection, search-and-rescue teams acted swiftly to recover both pilots and transfer them back aboard the warship for medical assessment.
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- Eisenhower is in the midst of early carrier qualifications after completing its most recent repair period in July.
- Left out by 9 of 11 who reported it AviationToday/MiGFlug lists possible aircraft types but says Navy has not confirmed.
- CNN said the statement did not name the type of aircraft involved, and it noted that the Eisenhower normally carries F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack jets, both of which could carry a crew of two.
- WAVY reported that U.S. Fleet Forces Command said the cause of the incident is currently under investigation, and it described the mishap as occurring during aircraft recovery operations aboard the USS Dwight D.
- The Navy did not identify the aircraft model or its squadron, and it did not say whether the aircraft was lost.
- Eisenhower ranks among the oldest active aircraft carriers in service.