It's crazy, deckhands claim that this never happens, but there's allways a camera recording at the right time. Is every landing recorded? I'm not Navy so I don't have a clue about carrier operations.
@dumbenoughou812 yes it happens and it's one of the more feared things injury wise. there's danger everywhere on the flight deck. being blown overboard by the exhaust from the jet engines, live ordinance explosions, getting clipped by
a planes wings on take off, and ect...; but that cable will seperate your head from
your shoulders literally if you get hit. something exploding,
@sk8erdudejustin93 The plane had already been slowed down by the cable and the remaining runway was short, so even if the throttle was full, the jet itself would not have been going fast enough to take off again.
I thought that aircraft landing on a carrier speed up when they touch down to prevent falling over the side of the ship, doesnt seem like the pilot does it here...
@superspartan11 You're 100% right; they always spool up the engines to full power right before catching the cable in case they miss it. Here, the pilot caught the cable and immediately turned the throttle down; which is completely normal as he wasn't expecting it to break, it was already slowing him down... Definitely not pilot error here.
@Tifosi2003 Well, not "before" catching the wire, as we catch the wire. We select mil/max power on touchdown and then we don't do anything with the throttles until the airplane is stopped. That's why you see yellow shirts running out in front of airplanes giving the throttle back signal as they stop. In a bolter, the only way you'll have fly away airspeed is if there is NO deceleration provided by the cable. This cable started to slow the jet, and then broke. No pilot error.
I like how they say it was mechanical failure, it wasn't. My husband is in the Navy and he works with these and the Navy just used mechanical failure as a cover up for what really happened.
Your description's ADVICE (inspect the cable for broken strands) isn't applicable. Yes, that's good advice normally, but wouldn't have stopped this incident. We had come out of PIA just weeks before and all the wires had been replaced in wetdock.
As a DivO that had access to the post-incident report, it wasn't negligence that contributed to this, it was faulty equipment failure. That particular pendant was well below its replacement time.
BTW, I was also prior USMC EA-6B maintenance, Q-2 and Q-4
I watched a chief get cut in half on the Nimitz on the 95 West-pac the day before we pulled into Thailand. The cable knocked down a handful of the flight deck crew them wrapped around my tractor just behind the bomb de-arm. That yellow shirt is lucky!
@laxinitup62 They power up to full throttle as soon as they hit the deck he did that but the cable slowed down his airspeed to much before it snapped so he could not save the plane.
Deck crew's have a different time of it at night than what it shows on this daytime Operation film; and this was a terrible accident. Whether your talking Navy Ship Op's, or MARINE WING SHORE BASED FCLP'S / CAX ; ( my experience is from mid 70's thru late 80's) Night Op's are/can be considerably more dangerous/exciting, even for the most experienced Crew's. Safety; Safety; Safety; but still you can't keep it 100 % accident free...100 % of the time; But they sure as hell try !
chuck norris would of grabed before it went over the end, then reminded the pilot that the SOP for carrier landing is to keep full power till it stops so they can get airborn again incase such a thing should happen
The pilot didn't endanger the guys on deck. They did that to themselves. They weren't paying attention to their surroundings and didn't see the wire snapping back. The jet is required to come up on power when catching the wire so in the event he misses the wire, he'll still have enough thrust to take off again. Only after he catches the wire will he throttle back. It looks like the pilot thought it was safe to throttle back since he did catch the wire, but it broke, had no thrust to take off ag
@mindyschocolate The hook light probably came on in the cockpit but the pilot didn't have time to throttle back yet. The cable didn't stop the plane obviously but slowed it so much that it wasn't able to fly off the deck. In a miss the plane is not slowed by the cable at all so maintains enough speed to do a touch and go.
I always heard the horror stories about this working on the flight deck. The yellow shirt was amazing. I saw some crazy things happen on the flight deck of the Saratoga, but nothing like this. Wow.;
@cheeksvision Sweet. I'm an ABE in the Navy and deal with this stuff every day...well, the catapult and arresting gear engines below deck anyhow. I'm not qualified for the flight deck yet, but soon will be. I used to live right down the street from Lukes Airforce Base in Surprise like 20 mins away.
@padraicohare They are supposed to come in fast in case of a miss on the cables. They hit the throttles to full on landing in case of a miss so they can take off again.
@padraicohare Navy jets land based on angle of attack. This ensures that the hook touches down in the correct place, with the correct force, at the correct angle. If he were flying "way too fast," he most likely would have boltered and not caught the wire. This was not in any way the pilot's fault.
@padraicohare You do realize that is a wide angle lens on that camera? So it makes eveything look longer on the sides, so the hornet looks like it's going faster than it really is right? I mean you do know that right? jackass
@JflyG He DID gun it. Unfortunately, the cable broke right as the plane was fully decelerated. It lost all of it's forward speed, and in this case, there is no chance for recovery
@JflyG They dont gun it just in case the cable snaps they gun it just incase they miss the wire so they dont crash into the sea the cable slowed down the plane to much so it could not take off again. anyway usually they gun it as soon as they hit the deck.
I played hopscotch with a wire on CV-41 during Desert Storm. Non-skid was worn away, and I happened to be alongside a bird being towed over the wire. The wire was pushed a longer distance than normal before the main tires rolled over it. I don't know how close the cable came to taking my feet out from under me, but it did miss.
I worked in the arresting gear aboard the USS America for 4 years and we never had a cable break. I fell bad for the guys on deck when they do break though, dam.
@apelvmc Semper Fi "Tailsnatcher" / Fellow "Bogue Rat" ! I too was MAG-14 / MABS-14 MCLAF Bogue>>> ALSO 1978/79...Also FAPED to the Point Station Recovery on th E-28's and E-5 Chain Gear ! I was a buddy to; "Rosie"; Murf: Metz: Havlin: I know who you are bu your call sign and you new MOS # We are Friends on Facebook. It took me 5 mic's to figure it out Tim. Nice post. Deck Pendant (cable) got me at 29 palms in 85'. (got out in 87'). Semper Fi Brother..Ride Free !
@simpleman11585 When I went through 7011 Tech school in early 76' , the Marine Corps designation / MOS=7011 was Aircraft Launch and Recovery Technician. The tech school was at Lakehurst Naval Air Station New Jersey . In Mid 76' they stopped the Launch ( Catapult ) portion of the course because of the introduction of the AV8-A Harrier (JumpJet) VTOL AIRCRAFT. The Marines had used F4 Phantom engines as Power Plants for there shore based catapults. Now the 7011 is EAF = Expeditionary Air Fields.
WOW how did he do that so perfectly?
xxGAMRxx 9 hours ago
Yellow shirt....brown pants
xixGeTSuMxix 2 weeks ago
I never grow tired of seeing weapons of mass murder being totalled.
mr1000rx 3 weeks ago
I worked in V-2 (arresting gear) on this ship in 92-94. The Navy has the strictest policies on preventive maintenance. Accidents still happen
markwagner1298 1 month ago
think fast to jump
wehehertanto 1 month ago
Looked like he came in fast and hard, he bounced. No wonder it btoke
TheAuto321 1 month ago
any deaths?
i hope not
Crazyboy123232 2 months ago
Looks like that yellow shit should have been a pilot.
trab1925 2 months ago
It's crazy, deckhands claim that this never happens, but there's allways a camera recording at the right time. Is every landing recorded? I'm not Navy so I don't have a clue about carrier operations.
dumbenoughou812 2 months ago
@dumbenoughou812 yes it happens and it's one of the more feared things injury wise. there's danger everywhere on the flight deck. being blown overboard by the exhaust from the jet engines, live ordinance explosions, getting clipped by
a planes wings on take off, and ect...; but that cable will seperate your head from
your shoulders literally if you get hit. something exploding,
gtube2012 3 weeks ago
@gtube2012 I recall reading something years ago about a cable that broke beneath the deck. Have you ever witnessed anything like this?
dumbenoughou812 3 weeks ago
why did the jet go over the side? i thought they are supposed to give it full throttle until the jet comes to a stop.
sk8erdudejustin93 2 months ago 2
@sk8erdudejustin93 The plane had already been slowed down by the cable and the remaining runway was short, so even if the throttle was full, the jet itself would not have been going fast enough to take off again.
MrCommunismftw 2 months ago 2
I thought that aircraft landing on a carrier speed up when they touch down to prevent falling over the side of the ship, doesnt seem like the pilot does it here...
superspartan11 3 months ago
@superspartan11 You're 100% right; they always spool up the engines to full power right before catching the cable in case they miss it. Here, the pilot caught the cable and immediately turned the throttle down; which is completely normal as he wasn't expecting it to break, it was already slowing him down... Definitely not pilot error here.
Tifosi2003 3 months ago
@Tifosi2003 Well, not "before" catching the wire, as we catch the wire. We select mil/max power on touchdown and then we don't do anything with the throttles until the airplane is stopped. That's why you see yellow shirts running out in front of airplanes giving the throttle back signal as they stop. In a bolter, the only way you'll have fly away airspeed is if there is NO deceleration provided by the cable. This cable started to slow the jet, and then broke. No pilot error.
chipleeiii 3 months ago
@chipleeiii Thanks for clearing that up, didn't know that detail.
Tifosi2003 3 months ago
Check the yellow shirt guys pockets, you may find a knife :P
Neutrinoghost 3 months ago
I like how they say it was mechanical failure, it wasn't. My husband is in the Navy and he works with these and the Navy just used mechanical failure as a cover up for what really happened.
sbchick01 3 months ago
EAFs responsibilty, not mine.
hammerman6842 4 months ago in playlist hammerman6842's favorites
Your description's ADVICE (inspect the cable for broken strands) isn't applicable. Yes, that's good advice normally, but wouldn't have stopped this incident. We had come out of PIA just weeks before and all the wires had been replaced in wetdock.
As a DivO that had access to the post-incident report, it wasn't negligence that contributed to this, it was faulty equipment failure. That particular pendant was well below its replacement time.
BTW, I was also prior USMC EA-6B maintenance, Q-2 and Q-4
fgrimley32 4 months ago
That guy in yellow... one lucky mother fucker...
Cookies205 4 months ago
That was pretty fucking ninja!
gordrilla 5 months ago 16
lol SWAN DIVE
BC1Dan 5 months ago
jump rope champion jumps line going 100mph, twice
polishkid0705 5 months ago 2
Ah navy, marines just stick a leg out and stop the aircraft with their boot. Just playin.. Much respect.
Burnz2much 5 months ago
This happened to me on the USS KITTYHAWK CV-63 took my friends leg off
BrokenKrown 6 months ago
superman.....
DearHJ 6 months ago
saw this happen on other ships in my 20 years at sea. pretty horrible.
TheRetirednavy92 7 months ago
guy in yellow must done backwards jump ropes when he was a kid he jump that cable backwards without looking
skateboy159 7 months ago
I watched a chief get cut in half on the Nimitz on the 95 West-pac the day before we pulled into Thailand. The cable knocked down a handful of the flight deck crew them wrapped around my tractor just behind the bomb de-arm. That yellow shirt is lucky!
circusshoe 9 months ago
@circusshoe We had the samething happen on the Constellation on a West-Pac in 86. I was a green shirt.
TheJer1963 7 months ago
1.30 second to eject at the most …
Needs training ! yes ! …
vincent7520 9 months ago
Yes he was at full throttle bur going too slow because of the cable and had to little runway to take off again
burner52445 9 months ago
arent you supposed to rev your engine full throttle when you touch down ? or did they make that rule after this?
laxinitup62 9 months ago
@laxinitup62 They power up to full throttle as soon as they hit the deck he did that but the cable slowed down his airspeed to much before it snapped so he could not save the plane.
Nielsenkc 7 months ago
@Nielsenkc ok, thanks :)
laxinitup62 7 months ago
@laxinitup62 your welcome :D
Nielsenkc 7 months ago
This exact mishap happened rarely.....damn, but when it did!!
MadTarnsman 9 months ago
Jesus this is terrible and the guy in yellow is so amazing lol
ryanchankakiu 9 months ago
and there goes the dynamite...
Smoothylanding 9 months ago
Doesn't look like a single seater, I could be wrong though, the quality isn't good enough to confirm.
bloo96 9 months ago
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skateboy159 7 months ago
Deck crew's have a different time of it at night than what it shows on this daytime Operation film; and this was a terrible accident. Whether your talking Navy Ship Op's, or MARINE WING SHORE BASED FCLP'S / CAX ; ( my experience is from mid 70's thru late 80's) Night Op's are/can be considerably more dangerous/exciting, even for the most experienced Crew's. Safety; Safety; Safety; but still you can't keep it 100 % accident free...100 % of the time; But they sure as hell try !
MUTANTELF5G 10 months ago
yellow shirt only gets a 4. he could have done a backflip
futurebus911 10 months ago
Chuck Norris had a yello shirt that day
foom5 10 months ago
chuck norris would of grabed before it went over the end, then reminded the pilot that the SOP for carrier landing is to keep full power till it stops so they can get airborn again incase such a thing should happen
zebadee277 11 months ago
I hope everyone got over there injurys
Dogslow 11 months ago
yellow shirt is all pro
shizlnit 11 months ago
sigh back when 14s still stood watch
ChallengerGuy22 11 months ago
Chuck Norris IS the cable.
t5239857289578947594 1 year ago
that yellow dude is a freakin ninja! that no good though thank god no one died.
TheSpartan150 1 year ago
The pilot didn't endanger the guys on deck. They did that to themselves. They weren't paying attention to their surroundings and didn't see the wire snapping back. The jet is required to come up on power when catching the wire so in the event he misses the wire, he'll still have enough thrust to take off again. Only after he catches the wire will he throttle back. It looks like the pilot thought it was safe to throttle back since he did catch the wire, but it broke, had no thrust to take off ag
mindyschocolate 1 year ago
@mindyschocolate The hook light probably came on in the cockpit but the pilot didn't have time to throttle back yet. The cable didn't stop the plane obviously but slowed it so much that it wasn't able to fly off the deck. In a miss the plane is not slowed by the cable at all so maintains enough speed to do a touch and go.
94z07 1 year ago
That dude in yellow is fuckin spiderman!
Niickk58 1 year ago
there Lucky the cable did'nt knock them off the deck or cut them in half!
JerryLawMartin 1 year ago
That yellow shirt was probably thinking.. "yeah they use to laugh at me when I use to play jump rope with my little sister... NOT ANYMORE!"
avengersoul 1 year ago 48
I always heard the horror stories about this working on the flight deck. The yellow shirt was amazing. I saw some crazy things happen on the flight deck of the Saratoga, but nothing like this. Wow.;
moparnutjim 1 year ago
the yellow guy is ninja
TheXxdubstepxx 1 year ago
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I did this job in the AF at Clark AB, Phil and Luke AFB, AZ. Coolest job ever!
cheeksvision 1 year ago
I did this in the AF at Clark AB Phil and Luke AFB in AZ. Coolest job ever!
cheeksvision 1 year ago
@cheeksvision Sweet. I'm an ABE in the Navy and deal with this stuff every day...well, the catapult and arresting gear engines below deck anyhow. I'm not qualified for the flight deck yet, but soon will be. I used to live right down the street from Lukes Airforce Base in Surprise like 20 mins away.
DeathsBite 1 year ago
So it was the arresting engine huh? Not the Hornet coming in way too fast?
padraicohare 1 year ago
@padraicohare They are supposed to come in fast in case of a miss on the cables. They hit the throttles to full on landing in case of a miss so they can take off again.
tryithere 1 year ago
@tryithere I'm an ABE I know how fast they're supposed to come in at. He came in too fast and endangered the lives of the Flight Deck Crew.
padraicohare 1 year ago
@padraicohare Fucking jackass. I'm SURE you have an airspeed indicator on your keyboard. BAD LUCK, that's it, nothing more.
rcvideoshooter 1 year ago
@rcvideoshooter You are a dipshit and have no idea what you are talking about!
padraicohare 1 year ago
@padraicohare Navy jets land based on angle of attack. This ensures that the hook touches down in the correct place, with the correct force, at the correct angle. If he were flying "way too fast," he most likely would have boltered and not caught the wire. This was not in any way the pilot's fault.
manlydinosaur 1 year ago
@padraicohare You do realize that is a wide angle lens on that camera? So it makes eveything look longer on the sides, so the hornet looks like it's going faster than it really is right? I mean you do know that right? jackass
NevadaWrangler 9 months ago
uhh you're supposed to gun it every time you land just in case the cable snaps... This guy got too comfortable
JflyG 1 year ago
@JflyG He DID gun it. Unfortunately, the cable broke right as the plane was fully decelerated. It lost all of it's forward speed, and in this case, there is no chance for recovery
rcvideoshooter 1 year ago
@JflyG They dont gun it just in case the cable snaps they gun it just incase they miss the wire so they dont crash into the sea the cable slowed down the plane to much so it could not take off again. anyway usually they gun it as soon as they hit the deck.
Nielsenkc 7 months ago
that guy in the yellow was chuck norris in disguise.
RainbowManification 1 year ago 74
@RainbowManification Nah, chuck norris wouldn't have bothered jumping. :)
jcadlols 1 year ago 3
@RainbowManification Fuck, i was about to say that
rathofdoom 6 months ago
@RainbowManification chuck wold of grabbed the cable and saved 7 people from being injured
808crazyshit 6 months ago
@808crazyshit your right, that must of just been bruce lee then
RainbowManification 6 months ago
@RainbowManification haha who ever it was his one quick mutha fucka! jump rope for your life.
808crazyshit 6 months ago
I played hopscotch with a wire on CV-41 during Desert Storm. Non-skid was worn away, and I happened to be alongside a bird being towed over the wire. The wire was pushed a longer distance than normal before the main tires rolled over it. I don't know how close the cable came to taking my feet out from under me, but it did miss.
Buggs41 1 year ago
I worked in the arresting gear aboard the USS America for 4 years and we never had a cable break. I fell bad for the guys on deck when they do break though, dam.
jmoore9953 1 year ago
guy in the yellow LUCKY MOTHERFUCKER
MagicAshXD 1 year ago
I was a 7011, then became a 2336. Cherry Point, Bogue Field, Iwakuni. 78-88
apelvmc 1 year ago 6
@apelvmc Semper Fi "Tailsnatcher" / Fellow "Bogue Rat" ! I too was MAG-14 / MABS-14 MCLAF Bogue>>> ALSO 1978/79...Also FAPED to the Point Station Recovery on th E-28's and E-5 Chain Gear ! I was a buddy to; "Rosie"; Murf: Metz: Havlin: I know who you are bu your call sign and you new MOS # We are Friends on Facebook. It took me 5 mic's to figure it out Tim. Nice post. Deck Pendant (cable) got me at 29 palms in 85'. (got out in 87'). Semper Fi Brother..Ride Free !
MUTANTELF5G 10 months ago
@apelvmc I'm currently a 7011
MrBubbavideo 7 months ago
@apelvmc You know Terry?
trechan 5 months ago
EAF for life!!!
chademack1 1 year ago
@chademack1 Another Brother 7011...Semper Fi...r u a Bogue Rat also? No matter Bud...( Damn I'm gettin' old)
MUTANTELF5G 10 months ago
Omg the guy in the yellow how do you do that ... It's amazing
Pupixario 1 year ago 54
@Pupixario Lots of double-dutch rope jumping as a kid? LoL!
guns4good 6 months ago
Fortunately everyone was okay. That would be scary.
allthatiswithinme 1 year ago
i watched this video like 15 times in tech school
derkconly 1 year ago
7011?
simpleman11585 2 years ago
@simpleman11585 When I went through 7011 Tech school in early 76' , the Marine Corps designation / MOS=7011 was Aircraft Launch and Recovery Technician. The tech school was at Lakehurst Naval Air Station New Jersey . In Mid 76' they stopped the Launch ( Catapult ) portion of the course because of the introduction of the AV8-A Harrier (JumpJet) VTOL AIRCRAFT. The Marines had used F4 Phantom engines as Power Plants for there shore based catapults. Now the 7011 is EAF = Expeditionary Air Fields.
MUTANTELF5G 10 months ago
@MUTANTELF5G im a 7011 in twentynine palms
simpleman11585 10 months ago
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@MUTANTELF5G im a 7011 in twentynine palms
simpleman11585 10 months ago