A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet has been lost at sea after it fell overboard from the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier while it was being towed on board, the Navy said in a statement on Monday.

A US official said initial reports from the scene indicated the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard. Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed on Monday to have launched a drone and missile attack on the aircraft carrier, which is in the Red Sea as part of the US military’s major operation against the Iran-backed group.

All personnel aboard are accounted for, and one sailor sustained a minor injury, the Navy said.

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    8 hours ago

    Does this count as a fighter kill for the Houthi Shaheds?

    The whole attack was likely several orders of magnitude cheaper than that one jet.