Four Sailors Injured After US Navy Aircraft Mishap Aboard USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
Two US Navy aviators ejected from an aircraft while trying to land on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the Virginia coast on Monday evening. Four sailors on the aircraft carrier were also injured, the US Navy said.
The incident happened at around 6:18 p.m. EDT on Sept. 28 during aircraft recovery operations on the Nimitz-class carrier. The Navy described it as a “mishap” but did not say what went wrong.
The two aviators are assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3. Search-and-rescue personnel found them and brought them back to the ship. They were then taken for medical checks, the Navy said.
Four sailors aboard the carrier were injured. One was taken to a hospital in the…