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Second Plane Falls Off US Aircraft Carrier In 10 Days

The USS Harry S. Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers currently operating in the Middle East (Credit: AFP)

A US warplane plummeted into the Red Sea when trying to land on the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, a defense official said Wednesday, the second jet lost from the ship in just over a week.

The F/A-18F Super Hornet -- which cost about $67 million -- went overboard Tuesday due to a failure in the procedure for aircraft to catch a wire with a hook to help them stop after landing.

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