That fall, then reappearance was something straight out of a movie.
Amazing recovery!
And that is why they go to max power when they hit the deck.
Eight sailors were unfortunately injured (no fatalities) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower when a number 4 arresting cable snapped during an E-2C Hawkeye landing in March of 2016. The official said it is “extremely rare” for a landing cable aboard an aircraft carrier to “part”.
Navy Pilots assigned to the Screwtops were awarded the Armed Forces Air Medal for saving their E-2C Hawkeye aircraft from a crash during this landing accident.
