[calljack]

Unless it was almost stopped when the cable broke. Broken cable could easily cut a man in half.

[Normal4me]

Yeah, bad report. This is up above in the links:

Navy says about 12 people injured when jet skids off deck

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 — About a dozen crew members on the USS George Washington were injured Thursday when a fighter jet skidded off the deck of the aircraft carrier off the Virginia coast, a Navy spokesman said.

THE THREE MOST seriously injured crew members were airlifted to shore for medical treatment, Navy spokesman Mike Maus said. He said he did not have details on how serious their injuries were. An F/A-18 Hornet was landing on the carrier when its gear that catches an arresting cable broke off, Maus said. Flying debris injured the crew members, he said. The plane skidded off the flight deck and into the Atlantic Ocean, but the pilot ejected and was recovered safely, Maus said. The Navy is investigating the accident.