Fighter jet snaps cable on a carrier

[Midnight Mike]

Wow, the cable snapped, watch the one guy that jumped at the right time.


http://www.vidmax.com/index.php/videos/view/323

[njgtr82]

ouch

[SCOTYDEMCO]

Saw that on a F-18 special on the Military channel once. A few people were hurt badly.

[Nick]

Did the jet go over?

[moose135]

Did the jet go over?

I couldn't view the video, so I don't know what happened in this case, but in normal operations, when an aircraft "lands" (OK, so it's a controlled crash) on a carrier deck, the pilot goes to full power (including afterburner if so equipped) so he can go around in case he misses the cable or the cable fails.

[Nick]

I realize, but I didn't see him go into burner or go nose up either.

[moose135]

I realize, but I didn't see him go into burner or go nose up either.

Was finally able to view the video, and it looks like the jet was just about stopped when the cable broke, so perhaps he was able to simply stop on deck.

[njgtr82]

I did some looking into it and this is from the navy's actual site. The ship is 1,092 feet in length, sounded a little too short for a hornet to land.

"September 11, 2003 off Virginia Five crew members are injured and later medically evacuated from the GEORGE WASHINGTON following a mishap during an arrested landing by an F/A-18 from VFA-106. The aircraft crashed into the water, and the pilot safely ejected and was immediately recovered.

The injured personnel included crew members from VAW-120, VFA-106 and from the crew of GEORGE WASHINGTON. The ship was conducting carrier qualifications operations off the coast of Virginia at the time of the incident. The ship got underway Sept. 9 for Fleet Replacement Squadron carrier qualifications. "

http://navysite.de/cvn/cvn73.html