US Navy Recovers Jet Blown Off the Deck of Aircraft Carrier Into Mediterranean Sea

An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet landing on the deck of the U.S. Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, during a NATO vigilance activity NEPTUNE SHIELD 2022 (NESH22) on eastern Mediterranean Sea, on May 23, 2022. Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Navy announced Monday that it recovered an F/A-18E Super Hornet jet from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea after it was blown overboard from the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier in sudden heavy weather on July 8.

A task force recovered the aircraft from a depth of around 9,500 feet using a CURV-21 remotely operated vehicle which attached specialized rigging and lift lines to the aircraft.