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A US Navy plane service’s arduous evasive flip to keep away from enemy missile hearth caught crewmembers off guard and despatched a $60 million F\/A-18 Tremendous Hornet rolling off the deck and into the Purple Sea, an investigation into the fighter jet loss revealed.<\/p>\n
The fighter’s brakes weren’t functioning correctly, investigators discovered, permitting the jet to slip throughout the deck when the service USS Harry S. Truman<\/a> abruptly modified course throughout the late April motion.<\/p>\n Poor communication, dangerous brakes, and a slippery floor all contributed to the loss.<\/p>\n A tow tractor additionally fell into the water alongside the costly F\/A-18 fighter jet<\/a>, the second of three that the Truman misplaced throughout a monthslong Center East fight deployment. When it went over, it almost took sailors overboard as effectively.<\/p>\n