The Houthi rebel group has claimed responsibility for an attack on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea, according to Al Masirah TV channel.

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet fell into the Red Sea on Monday after slipping off the hangar deck of the USS Harry S. Truman, officials confirmed.

Houthi rebels from Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement have claimed responsibility for coordinated attacks on two U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups — the USS Harry S. Truman and the USS Carl Vinson — according to a statement by the group’s military spokesman, Yahya Saria.

Yemen's Houthis on Monday claimed to have targeted a US aircraft carrier in the northern Red Sea with multiple rockets and drones for the second time in 24 hours.