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President Donald Trump states the U.S. does not presume nasty play in the 2 different crashes of U.S. Navy Airplane in the South China Sea this weekend.
Trump made the declaration throughout a gaggle with press reporters aboard Flying force One, stating he anticipated to get the answer relating to the crashes quickly. One possibility he had actually been provided was that the aircrafts had malfunctioning fuel, the president stated.
” You’ve been informed on the occurrence, on the Nimitz, both a fighter jet and a helicopter?” a press reporter asked.
” I have actually found out about it, yeah,” Trump reacted.
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United States President Donald Trump changes his coat after alighting from Flying force One upon arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on October 27, 2025. ( Picture by PHILIP FONG/AFP by means of Getty Images)
” Do you understand what took place there? What was that?” the press reporter asked.
” They’re going to let me understand quite quickly. I believe they need to have the ability to discover. It might be bad fuel. I imply, it’s possible it’s bad fuel. Extremely uncommon that that would take place,” Trump stated.
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” You do not believe it was nasty play or anything?” the press reporter pushed.
” No, I do not,” Trump responded. “They believe it may be bad fuel.”
U.S. carrier USS Nimitz approaches a marine base in Busan, South Korea, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. ( Yonhap/Reuters)
2 U.S. Navy airplane from the USS Nimitz– a Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A -18 Super Hornet fighter jet– crashed throughout different “regular operations” over the South China Sea on Sunday. All 5 team members aboard the 2 craft were saved and stay in steady condition, according to the Navy.
The U.S. Pacific Fleet– the Navy’s biggest functional command– stated in a post on X that around 2:54 p.m. regional time, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter designated to the “Fight Felines” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 crashed in the South China Sea while carrying out regular operations from the carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68).
Search-and-rescue groups from Provider Strike Group 11, running along with the Nimitz, rapidly introduced healing efforts and securely pulled all 3 helicopter team members from the water.
A F/A -18 E Super Hornet fighter jet is catapulted off the flight deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier in the Red Sea on Feb. 13. (Reuters) ( Reuters/Hamad I Mohammed)
Approximately thirty minutes after the helicopter occurrence, an F/A -18 F Super Hornet from the Nimitz, designated to the “Combating Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron 22, likewise decreased in the South China Sea throughout flight operations.
Search-and-rescue groups once again reacted quickly, recuperating the jet’s 2 team members, who had actually effectively ejected before the airplane struck the water. Both pilots were transferred back to the Nimitz and are reported to be in steady condition.
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The USS Nimitz has actually been commissioned in the U.S. Navy for 50 years, and its present trip is set to be its last before being retired.
Fox News’ Greg Wehner added to this report.
Source: Fox News.
