F-35 crashes USS Carl Vinson’s landing in the South China Sea | South China Sea News

Seven U.S. sailors have been injured as a result of a “landing accident” on a nuclear-powered fighter jet on the back of a U.S. supercar.

As a result of a “landing accident” in which at least seven U.S. sailors were injured, a fighter jet was aboard a nuclear ship sailing in the United States. South China Sea, said the US Army.

In a statement issued Monday night, the U.S. Pacific Fleet Command said the F-35C Lightning II aircraft was “conducting routine flight operations” when the accident occurred on its back. USS Carl Vinson.

“The pilot was safely taken off the plane and rescued by a U.S. military helicopter,” the U.S. military’s headquarters in Hawaii said, adding that the plane is in a “stable state.”

Three of the seven sailors injured were evacuated by doctors to a treatment facility in the Philippine capital Manila.

The statement did not say why the three workers had to be evacuated, but added that they were “stable”.

Four other personnel were aboard the USS Carl Vinson, three of whom were released. No further details were given on the situation of the fourth sailor.

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The U.S. military says it is “investigating the cause of the crash.”

The statement did not provide information on the condition of the F-35C aircraft and whether it was physically damaged by the USS Carl Vinson.

The Philippine government has not yet issued a statement on the incident.

In October, another US ship, USS Connecticut submarine nuclear, He was involved in another incident in the Indo-Pacific region. None of the sailors involved suffered any life-threatening injuries, but the incident resulted in the shooting of a submarine commander.

A Naval Institute news website reported that Carl Vinson was carrying out a military simulation of the USS ship in the conflict-ridden sea in southern China. USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group.

According to publicly available information, the two carriers are considered to be Nimitz-type vessels, which are classified as “nuclear power” vessels.

In recent weeks, two U.S. ships have been conducting military exercises with a Japanese navy in the Philippine Sea, and the USS Carl Vinson has also conducted “expeditionary force training operations” with an American Essex warship group.

Last week, USS Benfold, a missile armed with a guided missile, also sank in the South China Sea. Paracel Islands, Which China and Vietnam claim.

The United States is pursuing maritime exercises and freedom of navigation operations in the South China Sea, as China seeks to challenge maritime activities in the water that Beijing is claiming almost entirely.

Earlier this month, the United States said China’s activities in the South China Sea, including “historic claims” of a major trade route, “severely undermine the rule of law” in the ocean and universally accepted provisions of the law.

China mentions its so-called “nine dashes” claim to claim his rights throughout the sea.

An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Beijing has no “legal basis” under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which the Philippines also claims to be part of the South China Sea. Action against Beijing.

Beijing has not accepted the ruling and has continued to build artificial islands capable of landing military ships and planes.

Malaysia, Vietnam, Brunei and Taiwan also claim parts of the South China Sea.