{"id":28932,"date":"2022-03-03T17:12:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T17:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/03\/f-35c-that-crashed-into-the-carrier-vinson-salvaged-from-south-china-sea\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:31:45","slug":"f-35c-that-crashed-into-the-carrier-vinson-salvaged-from-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/03\/03\/f-35c-that-crashed-into-the-carrier-vinson-salvaged-from-south-china-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"F-35C that crashed into the carrier Vinson salvaged from South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The F-35C Joint Strike Fighter that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/01\/25\/f-35-that-crashed-into-the-carrier-carl-vinsons-deck-fell-into-the-south-china-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">encountered a \u201clanding mishap\u201d aboard<\/a> the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson was salvaged Wednesday from the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. 7th Fleet\u2019s Task Force 75 and Naval Sea Systems Command\u2019s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving pulled the jet up from a depth of approximately 12,400 feet, according to the 7th Fleet. The teams used a CURV-21 \u2014 a 6,400-pound, remotely operated deep ocean salvage vehicle \u2014 to heave the aircraft onto the diving support construction vessel Picasso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe task force\u2019s expertise in rapid, scalable command, control and communications, agile logistics, organic security, and explosive ordnance disposal was the most flexible choice for the fleet commander to respond in a timely manner,\u201d Capt. Gareth Healy, commodore of Task Force 75, said in a Navy news release.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/02\/07\/leaked-video-shows-harrowing-f-35-crash-aboard-carrier-carl-vinson\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/twitter-crash-screenshot.png.png?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Leaked video shows harrowing F-35 crash aboard carrier Carl Vinson<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Officials have confirmed the video&#039;s authenticity and are investigating who leaked it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUltimately, this deliberate approach resulted in the correct capabilities conducting recovery operations within 37 days of the incident,\u201d Healy said. \u201cGiven the unique challenges of this problem, and the unique technical capabilities that NAVSEA delivered, this was an aggressive and achievable timeline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft is headed to a \u201cnearby military installation\u201d for the ongoing investigation into the incident and to determine if it will head back to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">USNI News was the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/03\/03\/navy-recovers-crashed-f-35c-from-depths-of-south-china-sea\" target=\"_blank\">first to report<\/a> on the salvage operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The crash, which injured seven sailors, severed four of the arresting cables on the Vinson\u2019s deck used to catch landing aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/02\/16\/carrier-carl-vinson-was-back-in-fighting-condition-within-45-minutes-of-f-35c-crash-leaders-say\/\">Defense News previously reported<\/a>. Even so, the carrier was ready to land and launch aircraft within 45 minutes of the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2022\/02\/15\/three-takeaways-from-the-us-navys-first-f-35c-deployment\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7051894.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Three takeaways from the US Navy\u2019s first F-35C deployment<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Aircraft carrier Carl Vinson returned home Feb. 14 after a six-and-a-half-month deployment to the Indo-Pacific, in the U.S. Navy\u2019s first deployment of the \u201cair wing of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen the mishap happened, we had additional aircraft airborne that needed to land,\u201d a defense official who was not authorized to comment publicly on ongoing investigations, told Defense News in February. \u201cThe training kicked in immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/01\/28\/navy-says-the-leaked-images-of-the-f-35-crash-into-the-south-china-sea-are-real\/?contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8&#038;contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%2Fnews%2Fyour-military%22%2C%22from%22%3A5%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D\" target=\"_blank\">Photos and video footage<\/a> of the Jan. 24 crash were released, depicting the jet crashing into the deck before careening overboard and briefly floating in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Navy officer and four senior enlisted leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2022\/02\/17\/ensign-and-four-chiefs-charged-for-leaking-f-35-crash-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">were charged<\/a> with failure to obey an order under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for releasing the video footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Vinson, which got underway in August, returned to San Diego in February at the end of its scheduled deployment. 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