Close call, but not as close as this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_gpPbpONK4
The sailor was sucked into the engine of an A6.
Spoiler alert, don’t worry he lives and probably should have played the lottery somehow that night or week.
Shipmate of mine went out the hatch just as a Plane Captain was revving up the engine on an A-7 Corsair II on the flight deck. He got sucked in, and defensively rolled up in a ball. He lost a foot and leg just below the knee.
It’s not just a job, its an Adventure— a very dangerous one at times.
VAW-116 aboard
USS Coral Sea CVA-43
Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club
Saw that one years ago.
Still amazing to watch.
Lucky Bastuhd.
that was an amazing video....my son was on air craft carriers in the navy. Worked on the flight deck, he said if you don’t pay attention, you die....happens even in peace time on carriers....