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Okay, this guy is nuts. This video shows an aerobatic plane flying through an eyelet opening in a mountain, barely bigger than the plane.


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[Decent Guy]

During Operation Desert Storm, John Bridget, a Greenshirt, was sucked into an A-6E's engine while preparing the jet for take-off. Although the plane was lready on the catapult and the engines were running, Bridget was able to crawl out of the engine but collapsed on the flight deck. His only injuries were some scratches. He survived because of his protective suit which destroyed and stopped the engine.

After the accident John Bridget left the Navy.

There are two videos of the accident available

http://navysite.de/cvn/acc2.mpg

http://navysite.de/cvn/acc3.mpg

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=L_gpPbpONK4

Some information I found about this-

Commentary from Daniel Streckfuss: "Regarding the video "Sucked into an Engine", on your website, you write that you are uncertain about the authenticity of the video. I can attest that it is true as I was on the ship when it happened."

"What you see in the video is a trainee checking the position of the launch bar in the shuttle and then moving away from the aircraft. The guy that gets sucked in his trainer and goes in to double check the launch bar position. He made a mistake by walking straight toward the nose gear which put him in front of the intake. He should have gone behind the intake and looked forward into the shuttle. All of this is happening with the engines at full throttle, by the way."

"I was attached to VFA-15 onboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt during that deployment in 1991. This occurred just after Desert Storm. He did survive and I'm surprised the editors of that video didn't include him climbing out. What allowed him to survive was the design of the A-6 engine (the J-52). It has a long protruding 'bullet' or cone that extends in front of the first stage fans. When he was sucked in, his arm extended above his head which caused his body to wedge between the bullet and inside wall of the intake. Lucky for him, his cranial and float coat were sucked in first causing the FOD'd engine which prompted the pilot to cut the throttle (commanded by the Shooter who moves into the frame kneeling and moving his wand up and down). It took almost 3 minutes for him to push his way out of the intake after being sucked in. Needless to say, I don't think he was seen on the flight deck for the rest of the cruise."

Commentary on this video from "Skids": "At the time of this incident I was an intel officer in Attack Squadron 65, the squadron which the A-6E in this video was attached to. Dan Streckfuss? account is accurate, except that this incident actually occurred during Operation Desert Storm as the date on the video 02-20-91 shows. The aircraft was fully loaded for a night combat mission into Iraq -- if you look carefully at second 00:24, you can see 2 Mk-84 2000lb bombs under the port wing."

"The pilot, 'Gilly', immediately knew that he got FOD?d and shut down the engine. What nobody new was that the FOD was the trainer who was sucked in, until he crawled out, dazed, confused, and without all his gear a couple of minutes later. He suffered minor head injuries and a broken collar bone."

"I don?t recall the crewman?s name but the other individuals at the end of video are CPT Charles Abbot, the CO of CVN-71 (center) and CDR Herb Coon (right), the skipper of VA-65 the Fighting Tigers."