A US official said that initial reports from the scene indicated that the Truman made a hard turn to evade Houthi fire, which contributed to the fighter jet falling overboard.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I’m still trying to imagine something the size of a carrier making hard turns

Those are actually pretty agile for their size and can make hard turns

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

haha carrier drifting is fun to watch, I can definitely see how they lost a jet doing that

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ah so the Houthis shot it down and they are using a lame excuse. That checks out.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

looks like it might be legit what happened

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They could have done a scandi flick?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

just imagine the structural stress from that

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's why they call it "emergency maneuver" and don't do that without reason, meaning they had to do evasive manuvers to not be hit by Ansar Allah drone or missile.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

We're now getting to see how US navy performs when the enemy can actually fight back.