2 U.S. aviators eject landing plane on carrier off Virginia and 4 sailors hurt

Washington — Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected as they were landing their plane on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia Monday evening and four sailors aboard the vessel were injured in what the Navy characterized as a "mishap."
The two aviators, assigned to Carrier Air Wing 3, successfully ejected as "a mishap occurred during aircraft recovery operations" and were "promptly" rescued by search and rescue personnel, the Navy said in a short statement.
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