(BSS/AFP) - A US warplane went overboard into the Red Sea as a result of a Monday accident on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the country`s Navy said.

"The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard," the Navy said in a statement.

"All personnel are accounted for, with one sailor sustaining a minor injury," it said, adding that the carrier and its air wing remain mission capable and that the incident is under investigation.

The F/A-18E reached initial operating capability in the early 2000s and had a unit cost of more than $67 million as of fiscal year 2021, according to a Navy fact sheet.

The Truman is one of two US aircraft carriers currently operating in the Middle East, where Washington`s forces have been hammering Yemen`s Huthi rebels with strikes since mid-March in an attempt to end the threat they pose to ships in the region.