The US military has reported that a warplane from an aircraft carrier used by the United States to attack the Houthi armed group operating in Yemen has fallen into the Red Sea after sliding off the deck. According to a US Navy official, as the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman suddenly changed course to evade a Houthi attack, a warplane slid off the deck and fell into the Red Sea.
The incident occurred when the plane was being towed to the hangar and lost control as the carrier suddenly changed direction, it was also stated. The tractor towing the aircraft also fell into the sea. The aircraft that fell into the Red Sea was a US FA-18 Super Hornet fighter jet. The cost of that aircraft is $60 million. The official said no one was injured in this incident.
The Houthis have been repeatedly launching drone and missile attacks targeting the Jewish state to defend the Palestinian people from the aggressive attacks of the Zionist occupation forces. In addition, the Houthis have been attacking ships traveling through the Red Sea that have connections to Jews or are traveling to Jewish territories. This is part of the group’s activities against the inhumane aggression carried out by Jewish forces to martyr and exterminate the Muslims of Gaza in Palestine.
In these attacks, the Houthis have been using the latest modern military drones and dangerous weapons such as ballistic missiles. The group has expanded its military activities to the Gulf of Aden, the Mediterranean Sea, and even the Indian Ocean. As a result of these attacks, international trade routes have been disrupted, and businesses using these routes have been forced to use more expensive and longer routes. Consequently, prices in the global market have started to rise. For these reasons, attacks targeting Yemen from the United States and the Jewish state have increased.
