Photo and Video of US F-35C Crash Landing in South China Sea Confirmed by Navy
The Navy has confirmed the authenticity of a photo and video making the rounds on social media of the crash landing of a $100 million F-35C stealth fighter on the USS Carl Vinson last Monday that resulted in the pilot ejecting and the plane going into the sea, with seven sailors reported injured. The pilot was safely recovered, the plane was not.
Video of the F-35 crash which took place aboard the USS Carl Vinson. The pilot ejected upon impact. https://t.co/ilJtrIsyPn pic.twitter.com/udEqcb1g91
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Four days after the crash the Navy tweeted a photo of the Carl Vinson performing flight operations.
1⃣ #USSCarlVinson #CVN70 #FLTOPS and 2⃣ #USSCharleston #LCS18 conducts a #VERTREP and 3⃣ maintains regular operations @US7thFleet.
