Trump blames ‘bad fuel’ for Navy twin crash in South China Sea while traveling in Asia

The three MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter crew members were rescued Sunday afternoon. The two pilots ejected from the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet and were recovered safely. All five were “safe and in stable condition,” the fleet said in a statement.

The statement added that the causes of the two accidents are under investigation.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Tokyo on Monday, President Donald Trump said the accidents may have been caused by “bad fuel.” He ruled out any error and said that “there is nothing to hide.”

The USS Nimitz returns to its home port at Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state after being deployed to the Middle East for most of the summer as part of the U.S. response to attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen on commercial ships. The rack is in the final deployment stage before being shut down.

Accident history

Another aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, has been involved in a series of mishaps in recent months while deployed to the Middle East.

In December, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg An F/A-18 was accidentally shot down Plane from Truman.

Then, in April, another F/A-18 fighter jet slid off the roof of Truman’s hangar and fell It fell into the Red Sea.

In May, an F/A fighter jet landed on an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea He went overboard After apparently failing to catch the steel cables used to prevent planes from landing and forcing pilots to eject.

No sailors were killed in any of these unfortunate incidents. The results of investigations into these events have not yet been announced.