A US fighter jet has crashed over the Red Sea in an apparent "error" incident, the US military has said. Both crews from the US Navy F/A-18 Hornet landed safely, with only one pilot suffering minor injuries, according to Central Command.
"The guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg, which is part of the carrier strike group USS Harry S Truman, mistakenly fired and hit an F/A-18 flying from the USS Harry S Truman," the statement said. It is not clear if the downed plane was involved in the operation in Yemen, reports A2 CNN.
The incident came after the United States carried out a series of airstrikes against a missile depot and command facilities in Yemen's capital, Sanaa, controlled by Iran-backed Houthi militants. US Central Command added that it also hit multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea, A2 writes.
Earlier, the Central Command said the strikes against targets in Sanaa were aimed "to disrupt and destroy Houthi operations, such as attacks against US Navy warships and merchant ships in the Southern Red Sea, and the Gulf of Aden," A2 CNN reports. .
The US military also said it struck "multiple unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, and an anti-ship cruise missile over the Red Sea" using "US Air Force and US Navy assets, including F/A-18s".
The Houthis, the Iran-backed rebel group that controls northwestern Yemen, began attacking Israeli and international ships shortly after the Gaza war began in October 2023, saying they were acting in solidarity with the Palestinians. (A2 Televizion)
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