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[ning]

I didn't read the story, but did the tractor operator or any occupant of the plane go over the edge, with the rig? Kind of hard to imagine landing in the water next to an aircraft carrier without being killed by the boat, if the fall alone didn't kill them.

I've been in the water next to yachts, and it's hard to not get killed by the damn thing slamming around in the water next to you. An aircraft carrier is hundreds of times larger, and also moves much faster.

Apparently they bailed out in time. I wonder if the deck was wet & slippery?

 

[steve tym]

Wet and slippery will get you in trouble every time.

 

[ning]

Wet and slippery will get you in trouble every time.

And we definitely love trouble!

 

[Midniteoyl]

From what I understand, the plane was being moved in the hanger bay and slid out one of the hanger doors. Which mean, more than likely, they were moving it to the elevator when the sudden lean happened. No word yet if there was a guy in the plane holding the brakes ('breaker') or not, but there is suppose to be whenever the chains are removed. I would not have wanted to be that guy bailing from a sliding plane. They aren't small and the cockpit is pretty high up.

 

[Grumpycat]

Some articles report the carrier was turning sharply. Gravity may have had a hand in the incident.

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Bruce

Inertia, not gravity.

 

[dodge man]

My understanding was the aircraft carrier was doing hard maneuvering because it was fired on. No one went over the side with the plane or the tow.

 

[WinterDeere]

Inertia, not gravity.

It could be either, and the lean of the boat is actually one of the criteria used by the US Navy to delineate "ship" from "boat". Boats lean toward the inside of a turn, so if you slid off the deck in that scenario, you'd actually be following gravity against inertia. Ships lean toward the outside of a turn, and gravity and inertia would combine to send you skidding off the deck toward the outside of the turn.

Having spent more time on the water than most, I've seen plenty of folks slide or roll off a boat leaning to the inside of a turn, following gravity and against the vector provided by inertia. Come out racing with me, if you want to experience it first-hand!

Personally, I can't see the turn of an aircraft carrier generating any appreciable inertial force, sufficient on its own to send this equipment skidding off the deck. But they do lean quite a bit in a turn, allowing gravity to lend a big helping hand.