При посадке на авианосец разбился F/A-18 US NAVY
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"Jet Crashes on USS George Washington, 12 Hurt
Thu Sep 11, 5:57 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 12 Navy crewmen on the aircraft carrier USS George Washington were injured on Thursday when an F/A-18 fighter jet crashed while landing on the ship off the coast of Virginia, the Navy said.
Navy officials said there was no immediate report of deaths, although three of the injured were being quickly flown to a medical facility on shore. The pilot of the jet ejected from the aircraft before it plunged from the deck into the sea, and was immediately rescued, the Navy said in a release.
"The arresting cable apparently parted when the aircraft was landing," Mike Maus, a civilian spokesman for the Naval Air Force at Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia, told Reuters.
He said the ship was conducting routine training for air crews at the time of the accident.
The nuclear-powered George Washington is almost 1,100 feet long and capable of carrying up to 75 warplanes. The ship, which was commissioned in 1992, returned with its protective battle group to its home base in Norfolk last December from a six-month deployment to the Gulf region."
