A US Navy fighter jet and a helicopter from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz crashed into the South China Sea within just 30 minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon, the Navy's Pacific Fleet confirmed.

Rescue teams safely recovered all five personnel involved in the incidents. The three crew members aboard the MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter were rescued, and the two pilots in the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter jet were also ejected and recovered safely. They are all reported to be in “safe and in stable condition,” the fleet said.

USS Nimitz on final leg home

The USS Nimitz is returning to its home port in Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state after an extended deployment to the Middle East for most of the summer, where it was a part of the US naval response to attacks by Yemen's Houthi re

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