Two sailors were injured Tuesday night in an aircraft fire aboard the carrier Harry S. Truman, including the pilot who was forced to eject from the plane during a refueling on the flight deck.
An F/A-18C Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 106 ignited during refueling on the Truman and the fire was “immediately extinguished by the ship’s flight deck firefighting team,” Naval Air Force Atlantic said in a statement Wednesday.
“The pilot of the aircraft ejected and landed on the flight deck,” AIRLANT said. “The pilot received medical treatment by the ship's medical department before being transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, N.C. for further treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
“A sailor assigned to the ship also sustained non-life threatening injuries from the incident and was also transported to the same location for treatment,” the statement continued.
Truman is underway off the Virginia coast for training. An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
