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Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - PorscheDude - 02-05-2009
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jxcSY1AwrM...feature=related
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Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - Kim - 02-05-2009
At least it probably didn't hurt.
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - xrad - 02-05-2009
I think this guy got caught on his way into the compressor blades by his clothes on an air speed sensor or something...looks familiar...
Just a mild scalping is quite a story to tell your bar buddies....
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - ds968 - 02-05-2009
Flash, be careful messing around with Jeff's supercharger or that intake force may suck your hair right off... oh, wait,
never mind.. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/wink.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - PorscheDude - 02-05-2009
lol
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - Chris Vais - 02-06-2009
I believe that an aircraft carrier flight, during flight operations is the most dangerous work place on earth. There is the risk of being sucked into an engine as you saw on the video. There is also the risk of being blown over the side by jet exhaust, nearly a 100 foot fall into the ocean. Then there is the risk of fire and/or explosion when the aircraft are being fueled or armed. If you are the pilot, there is the risk of a landing accident such as a ramp strike. And there is my favorite, a cold cat shot. A cold cat shot happens when the catapult crew doesn't set the catapult energy high enough to match the the aircrafts gross take off rate. All Navy aircraft have a little square of black paint in which the aircraft crew chief chalks the gross take off weight of the aircraft. When the aircraft taxis onto the catapult, the cat crew sets the catapult energy to match the gross takeoff weight. If the gross take off weight is underestimated or the cat crew doesn't call for enough energy, you end up with a cold cat shot which means that the aircraft doesn't reach flying speed at the end of the cat shot. When this happens the jet ends up in the water in front of a 98,000 ton aircraft carrier traveling at 30 knots or more.
When it happened to me, I had 17,000 lbs or ordnance and fuel on the hardpoints which I attempt to drop as we were slowly settling towards the ocean. It nearly worked, but the angle of attack was too great as we approached stall speed and our tail section settled into the water. As soon as that happened my back seater initiated the ejection sequence and we went for a swim. The bow lookout on the ship saw us hit the water and notified the bridge and the ship undertook an evasive action to avoided running over us in the water.
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - PorscheDude - 02-06-2009
WOW!
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - Anchorman - 02-06-2009
AMEN!!!
Do you think that guy really have gotten sucked into (and, apparently, through) the engine and lived?
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - PorscheDude - 02-06-2009
From what I have heard from someone here at work, he some how lived.
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - Chris Vais - 02-06-2009
The crewman in the video did not go into the turbine. If he had he would have been instantly killed. As I understand this incident his body got wedged into the intake trunk and some part of his clothing snagged the air flow sensor that is in the intake trunk. His helmet was pulled off of his head along with his eye protection and that did go into the turbine causing enough damage to the engine that it immediately started to loose suction and wind down. I think the bigger danger might have been the potential to sufficate if the engine was not such down quickly enough.
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - Anchorman - 02-06-2009
Obviously an incredible ordeal - and the explanation certainly helps make sense of what seemed impossible. Thanks - and thanks for your service to our country!
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - rhudeboye - 02-06-2009
[quote name='Kim' post='66556' date='Feb 5 2009, 11:25 AM']At least it probably didn't hurt.[/quote]
Oh yeah it did.
Man sucked into A-6 Intruder jet engine intake - josephsc - 02-06-2009
There's a link to another Youtube video with a clip from the History channel describing the incident in more detail (though the first 30 sec of the clip needs editing) -- pretty incredible story:
Another youtube link