conducting routine flight operations, when it suffered a landing mishap, crashing into the flight deck of the aircraft carrier "uss carl vinson" and then fell into the ocean. the pilot ejecting safely and later recovered by helicopter. six sailors were injured on that carrier, two of them and that pilot medevaced to the philippines. the incident, now under investigation, happened a day ago as the "uss carl vinson" carried out a nay have show of force along with the japanese navy in the south china sea, where china has recently made maritime territorial claims. >> the race is on now to get the appropriate kind of recovery gear. the chinese have it, the u.s. navy has it. both those countries are going to want to get a hold of this wreckage. >> reporter: the nearly $100 million fifth-generation stealth fighter, one of the most sophisticated as sets in the u.s. arsenal. >> it's almost invisible to radar. >> reporter: david, the u.s. navy has specialized equipment