Had not seen that one from March this year. Looks like they had the weight set low or he would not have gotten that far with the cable still paying out?
Hard to believe he could recover from an airspeed that low. Had to be clipping waves.
I also can’t imagine that the 8 sailors injured had minor injuries. That cable had a long way to recoil.
You can see the water coming off the bottom of the plane as it rises back up. He clipped the waves.
Pucker factor of 10.
lucky the deck was pitching up, had it been pitching down, no joy.