thank you. we begin that address in 90 minutes. the u.s. navy is trying to recover a $100 million stealth fighter jet from the south china sea. the goal is to retrieve it before china does. cnn s ivan watson is live in hong kong with this story. ivan, what s the plan here? reporter: well, it s just the beginning of a complicated recovery operation of this stealth fighter jet which crashed essentially into an aircraft carrier on monday resulting in injuries to the pilot who did successfully eject from the plane and for at least six sailors aboard the aircraft carrier who were hurt as well. the plane, the jet f 35c, it then fell and recovering the
near the fill liens, the u.s. military is scrambling to recover this f-35 stealth fighter which crashed into the ocean on monday. this version is the most sophisticated war plane the u.s. has, and the u.s. fears china might try to reach the wreckage first. cnn s ivan watson with the latest. reporter: the final approach of an f-35c stealth fighter jet seconds before it crash lands into the flight deck of a u.s. aircraft carrier. images circulated on social media confirmed by the u.s. navy show the plane moments later in the ocean, canopy open after its pilot escaped. the cause of the crash, which injured the pilot and six sailors, still under investigation. the navy now has the difficult task of recovering the wreckage of a $100 million jet from the bottom of the ocean. to make sure, defense experts