Is the USS Harry S. Truman a bad-luck ship? Or has she just had bad commanders?
This state-of-the-art supercarrier has suffered a string of misfortunes, including a collision with a merchant ship that resulted in her commander being relieved, and the loss of a valuable F/A-18 fighter over the side.
Now, there has been another mishap; another F/A-18 has been lost, due to what is being described as an “arrestment failure.”
Another F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier has been lost in the Red Sea, the second jet lost from the carrier in just over a week, five people familiar with the matter told CNN.
It is not entirely clear what happened yet, as the investigation is ongoing, but two of the people said there was some kind of arrestment failure as the jet was trying to land on the carrier and the pilot and weapons…
