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An F/A-18E Super Hornet pilot assigned to the USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is safe after an emergency landing at the Bahrain International Airport on Saturday, U.S. Navy 5th Fleet said.
The Super Hornet, assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146, had launched from Nimitz and suffered a critical engine failure and was attempting to head to a divert field at Sheik Isa Air Base, Bahrain, Cmdr. Bill Urban said in a statement to USNI News.
“Unable to make it to Isa, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing at Bahrain International Airport. Due to the malfunction, the aircraft could not be stopped on the runway and the pilot ejected from the aircraft as it departed the runway,” Urban said.
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