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4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia

KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis) and New York Post describe the same event in different terms.

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As of September 29, 2026 at 12:21 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.

What happened 4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia.
The headline split The headlines are mostly aligned. The differences are small wording choices, not a major framing split.
Match confidence Medium confidence. 4 sources across 2 bias buckets. Useful framing signal — check the source list before sharing.
Same-event confidenceMedium

4 sources across 2 bias buckets agree on the event.

Framing confidenceMostly same

13/99 — the outlets mostly agree on the headline takeaway.

WHAT EACH SIDE EMPHASIZED

Left / center-leftNo matching source in this bucket yet.

Optics keeps watching for pickup.

Center4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia

WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) · Center · News report

Right / center-right2 Navy aviators eject during landing 'mishap' aboard USS Eisenhower, injuring 4 sailors

Fox News Politics · Center-right · News report

SEE THE HEADLINES

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WDSU New Orleans (Hearst)News report · Sep 29, 10:08 AM

4 sailors injured after aviators eject while landing on US aircraft carrier off Virginia

Four US Navy sailors aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier were injured on Monday evening when an aircraft suffered a "mishap" while trying to land on the ship off the coast...

Open source
Center-rightMostly Factual
Fox News PoliticsNews report · Sep 29, 12:21 PM

2 Navy aviators eject during landing 'mishap' aboard USS Eisenhower, injuring 4 sailors

Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected while landing on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia, and four sailors aboard were also injured in the mishap.

Open source
Center-rightMixed
New York PostNews report · Sep 29, 10:47 AM

2 US Navy aviators eject while landing plane on carrier off Virginia, 4 sailors injured

Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected as they were landing their plane on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier off the coast of Virginia on Monday and four sailors aboard the vessel were...

Open source
CenterHigh
WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville)News report · Sep 29, 9:49 AM

2 US Navy aviators eject while landing plane on aircraft carrier off Virginia; 4 sailors injured

Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected while landing on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, and four sailors on the vessel were injured. The Navy characterized it as a “mishap.”

Open source
Details13/99 Wording Gap · Medium confidence · 4 sources
13/99 Wording GapMedium confidence4 sources · 2 bias bucketsLive match · 24 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news formatFormats: News report

SOURCE MAP CHANGES

Sep 29, 9:49 AM: WBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) joined the source map.

Sep 29, 10:08 AM: WDSU New Orleans (Hearst) joined the source map.

Sep 29, 10:47 AM: New York Post joined the source map.

Sep 29, 12:21 PM: Fox News Politics joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 13/99 and story health is live match · 24 sources · 2 buckets · comparable news format.