Posted on 01/24/2022 2:32:41 PM PST by yesthatjallen
A fighter jet has crashed while attempting to land on the USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea, injuring at least seven crew members, the U.S. Navy says. The pilot safely ejected.
The accident happened on Monday when the F-35C Lightning II aircraft was attempting to land on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson, which is carrying out routine flight operations in the South China Sea.
A statement from the U.S. Navy said the pilot safely ejected from the aircraft and was later recovered by a U.S. military helicopter, but 7 service members were injured, including 4 sailors who were flown to a hospital in Manila. All are in stable condition.
Specific details about Monday’s accident were not immediately released. The statement from the Navy did not say how the service members were injured or what happened to the aircraft.
“Additional details and the cause of the inflight mishap is under investigation,” the statement said.
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Seven flight deck crew. Duh.
Isn’t the F-35 a VTOL airplane? The Navy must REALLY be slipping. But is it actually the REAL Navy with all the gender skewing and other perversion being accepted?
I think it identifies as a Bi plane!
F-35C is a “conventional” USN aircraft - i.e., a “Tailhooker.”
The F-35B is the USMC VTOL varient, and, AFAIK, is not deployed yet.
Just hazarding an educated guess, but what probably happened is that the arresting cable parted down in the arresting gear engine room.
The cable is roughly 1,000 feet long, and the energy released when that happens can be VERY deadly to sailors on the flight deck as the cable whips violently fore and aft and back and forth.
See https://avgeekery.com/when-an-arresting-cables-snap-chaos-rules-the-flight-deck/
LOL, I know...I spent the better part of four years working on flight decks of carriers...
They made us watch all the training films, including one where the cable snapped and brutally took out a few people.
I had never seen that video you linked to, it looked like the E-2 was off the deck when it engaged the cable...I must say, I thought it had no chance, and was surprised to see it reappear from under the angle.
I read that quickly as I was leaving work, and didn’t see they had the Vinson in the opening sentence.
I haven’t been following this much, and last I saw they were doing tests with the F-35B on the amphibious assault ships. Guess they have the F-35C out in the fleet now.
It must have been the sexist uniforms..
Flotsam
During my two tours, bravery wasn’t a choice, it was an assignment. You survived by working with your head on a swivel at all times.
F-35. Enough said.
I think the C model is standard carrier ops only. No vertical.
” I was to be sent out to the Enterprise as an Aviation Boatswains Mate. I signed up to be an AC and argued that it’s a breach of my contract and wanted to go home.”
Contract? What is this “contract” of which you speak? We didn’t have contracts when I served in the military; what we had was the draft.
It’ll probably buff right out.
Did they recover the plane? Lots of technology on that bad boy.
Chinese control the chips…
“Wonder what the cause was, whether it was vertical or standard approach.”
F35C.
C’mon, man.
I read the article as I was rushing out the door to go home.
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