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Post by sevenofnine on May 12, 2015 13:46:24 GMT -5
Breaking off Iranian news agency
The US military says one of its warplanes has crashed shortly after taking off from an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, while one Marine helicopter has gone missing in Nepal.
The F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet took off from the USS Theodore Roosevelt at around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, but crashed shortly afterwards.
“The crash was not a result of hostile activity,” the US Navy said in a statement that was issued by Fifth Fleet, which is responsible for the area where the USS Theodore Roosevelt is deployed.
The Navy is investigating the cause of the crash.
The two personnel from fighter jet ejected and were quickly recovered by search and rescue personnel from the carrier, the statement said.
Meanwhile, the US military said one its Marine helicopters went missing on Tuesday in Nepal.
www.presstv.com/Detail/2015/05/12/410741/US-fighter-jet-crash-Persian-Gulf
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