What if I told you, they did not die in a plane crash?
"The commander of the USS Eisenhower raised suspicions that his ship had been targeted by a Houthi missile strike, after uploading a three-month-old video to a social media account, in what some saw as a failed attempt to deflect rumors about an attack from the Yemeni rebels."
https://www.newsweek.com/uss-eisenhower-captain-posting-old-video-sparks-questions-1909700
Electronic Attack Squadron 130, known as the "Zappers," concluded a deployment to the Middle East with Carrier Air Wing 3 embarked on the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower in July.
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/10/21/navy-ids-two-aviators-who-died-in-ea-18g-growler-crash-last-week/