At least four shipboard personnel were injured and two pilots ejected following an aircraft recovery mishap Monday aboard the USS Dwight D.
Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Atlantic Ocean, officials reported.
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Fleet Forces Command said search-and-rescue teams rapidly recovered the two aviators attached to Carrier Air Wing 3.
Medical personnel immediately evaluated both pilots after their retrieval from the water.
Four additional crew members on the ship sustained injuries during the incident.
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Fleet Forces Command confirmed that medical personnel provided care to the sailors, including one individual transferred to a Norfolk-area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Military officials launched an official investigation into the cause of the carrier mishap.
The incident remains under active review by naval authorities.
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower recently completed maintenance, repairs, and modernization during a planned incremental availability at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.
The warship had been conducting routine operations at Naval Station Norfolk and carrier qualifications supporting East Coast Fleet replacement squadrons.
