NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 12 (UPI) — Two sailors were injured on the U.S. Navy’s USS Harry S. Truman Tuesday night when a jet fighter caught fire when it was refueling on the deck of the aircraft carrier.
The pilot of the F/A-18C “Hornet” ejected and landed on the flight deck after the fire broke out. Another sailor suffered non-life threatening injuries.
“The fire was immediately extinguished by the ship’s flight deck firefighting team,” the U.S. Navy said in a statement.
The sailors were transported to the New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C. Officials have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the fire. The aircraft is currently in the Atlantic Coast near Virginia.
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