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A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has fallen overboard costing more than roughly $60 million. The jet is now lost at sea after falling from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board. Veuer’s Chloe Hurst has the story!

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00:00A U.S. Navy F-A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has fallen overboard, costing more than $60 million.
00:07CNN reports the jet is now lost at sea after falling from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft
00:13carrier while it was being towed on board. In a statement from the U.S. Navy, the F-A-18E
00:20was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft.
00:25The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard. Sailors towing the aircraft took immediate action
00:31to move clear of the aircraft before it fell overboard. An investigation is underway.
00:37According to the Navy, an individual F-A-18 fighter jet cost more than $60 million.
00:43The site suggests initial reports from the scene indicated that the Truman made a sharp turn,
00:48possibly using a zigzag tactic to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the loss of the fighter jet.
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