4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia

Four US Navy sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier were injured on Monday evening when an aircraft suffered a “mishap” while trying to land on the ship off the coast of Virginia, with two aviators ejecting from the plane, the Navy said in a statement .

“At approximately 6:18 p.m. EDT on Sept. 28, a mishap occurred during aircraft recovery operations aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier,” the US Navy statement said.

The circumstances of the incident were unknown, and the Navy did not specify the nature of the mishap.

The two aviators who ejected from the aircraft were “promptly recovered” by search-and-rescue personnel and safely returned to the ship, where they were undergoing medical evaluations, the statement said.

Of the four injured sailors, one was evacuated to a hospital in the Norfolk area for treatment of “non-life-threatening injuries,” while the others were treated on the ship, the Navy said.

The statement did not name the type of aircraft involved, but the Eisenhower normally carries F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters and EA-18G Growler electronic attack jets, both of which could carry a crew of two.

A spokesperson told CNN the Navy would report more details as they become available.

The Eisenhower completed a planned 15-month maintenance and repair period in April and, as recently as late August, was conducting carrier qualifications off the Virginia coast, according to recent Defense Department press releases.

美国海军在一份声明中表示，周一晚上，一架飞机在弗吉尼亚州海岸附近的“德怀特·D·艾森豪威尔”号航空母舰上试图降落时发生“事故”，导致四名美国海军水兵受伤，其中两名飞行员从飞机上弹射逃生。

美国海军声明称：“9 月 28 日下午 6 点 18 分左右（美国东部时间），在尼米兹级航空母舰上进行飞机回收作业时发生了一起事故。”

事件的具体情况尚不清楚，海军方面也没有具体说明事故的性质。

声明称，两名从飞机上弹射出来的飞行员被搜救人员“迅速找到”，并安全返回船上，目前正在接受医疗评估。

海军方面表示，四名受伤水兵中，一人被送往诺福克地区的医院接受“非危及生命的伤势”治疗，其余两人则在船上接受治疗。

声明中没有提及涉及的飞机型号，但艾森豪威尔号航母通常搭载 F/A-18 超级大黄蜂战斗机和 EA-18G 咆哮者电子攻击机，这两款飞机均可搭载两名机组人员。

一位发言人告诉CNN，海军将在获得更多细节后公布。

据美国国防部最近发布的新闻稿称，“艾森豪威尔”号航母于 4 月完成了为期 15 个月的计划维护和修理期，并且直到 8 月下旬还在弗吉尼亚海岸附近进行航母资格认证。