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8 injured as arresting wire snaps

Well considering these aircraft are going full throttle when they snag these cables it's surprising this doesn't happen often. Hope these guys get better soon though.
 
In case you're as confused as I was:

"There were no fatalities and the Sailors are listed in stable condition with non-life-threatening injuries."

"The injured Sailors were working on the flight deck at the time of the mishap."
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The cable snapped, and while whipping around the cable injured some sailors on the flight deck. The aircraft was fine - it probably caught another cable.

Ken g6 said:
Well considering these aircraft are going full throttle when they snag these cables it's surprising this doesn't happen often.
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They do that so that if they don't catch another cable they can fly around and try again.
 
"Stable condition, non life threatening injuries"
Those heavy cables whipping around will take a foot off, but that's not life threatening these days. Life altering, yes.
 
Ken g6 said:
In case you're as confused as I was:



The cable snapped, and while whipping around the cable injured some sailors on the flight deck. The aircraft was fine - it probably caught another cable.
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Did you read the article? The aircraft bolted and eventually landed on shore. (The Carrier was about 80 miles off the East Coast. All airborne aircraft from the carrier were diverted to airfields. This sucks, like skying said, "non life threatening" doesn't mean that someone didn't lose a foot or something. 🙁
 
The cables are replaced after a specific number of 'traps'. The old cable thrown overboard. On instance on the USS Saratoga, the cable fouled one of the 4 props causing extensive damage and a trip to the yards for repair.

About the same time I was aboard the Saratoga, a sailor was cut in half by a cable on the USS America.

The flight deck of a carrier is the most dangerous 4 acres on the planet.
 
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MtnMan said:
The cables are replaced after a specific number of 'traps'. The old cable thrown overboard. On instance on the USS Saratoga, the cable fouled one of the 4 props causing extensive damage and a trip to the yards for repair.

About the same time I was aboard the Saratoga, a sailor was cut in half by a cable on the USS America.

The flight deck of a carrier is the most dangerous 4 acres on the planet.
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As well as the most exciting place I worked in my life. No idea what it is now days but when I was in you made an extra $55 a month hazardous duty pay working during flight ops.
 
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MtnMan said:
The cables are replaced after a specific number of 'traps'. The old cable thrown overboard. On instance on the USS Saratoga, the cable fouled one of the 4 props causing extensive damage and a trip to the yards for repair.
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the carrier got caught in its own trash 😵 ?
 
Blackjack200 said:
Did you read the article? The aircraft bolted and eventually landed on shore. (The Carrier was about 80 miles off the East Coast. All airborne aircraft from the carrier were diverted to airfields. This sucks, like skying said, "non life threatening" doesn't mean that someone didn't lose a foot or something. 🙁
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They're doing pre-deployment training. Saw an article a day earlier about the DD flotilla doing practice aegis incoming response drills including a couple live fires.
 
Latest Navy confirmation of the incident said only 6 of the 8 were airlifted off, other two received on board treatment until the ship returned to port. 2 of the 6 still hospitalized. Investigation ongoing with no time table, could (would not consider likely) affect it's rotation of the Truman group.
 
Mythbusters tried very hard to get a whipping cable to cut a pig carcass in half, but they couldn't even get it to cut into the skin, iirc.
 
http://mythresults.com/episode62


If a cable snaps, it can cut a person in two.

busted

A 5/8″ cable at 30,000 lbs of tension was unable to cut a pig in two (or even cut into it), but did cause potentially lethal injuries. The MythBusters took the test even further by adding a smaller cable at the end of larger one to create a “whip” effect, and even pre-looped a cable around the pig itself. None of these methods could cut the pig by the pre-tensed cable’s inertia alone. The pig was cut in half only when Adam tied a cable around it and then tightened the cable. Also, after making inquiries with almost every safety organization imaginable, the MythBusters were unable to find any concrete evidence of a person being cut in half by a snapped cable.
 
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