South China Sea: US Navy recovers wreckage of F-35C jet that crashed into aircraft carrier
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 4, 2022
The F-35C crashed into the ocean after failing to make a successful landing on the USS Carl Vinson, while conducting "routine flight operations" on January 24, the release said.
In order to retrieve the wreckage of the military aircraft from "approximately 12,400 feet" deep, a team of US Navy service members used a "remotely-operated vehicle" called the CURV-21 to attach "specialized rigging and lift lines to the aircraft" at the bottom of the ocean, the release said.
After attaching the rigging and lift lines, the crane on the diving support construction . . .
