An investigation has been launched after a US Navy and fighter jet crashed within half an hour of each other. The separate crashes, which took place over the South China Sea on Sunday (October 26), have been described as 'very unusual' by Donald Trump.

A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet crashed separately into the South China Sea within the space of an hour during routine operations conducted from the same aircraft carrier yesterday, the US Navy...

Search and rescue crews assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11 recovered all three crew members from the water.