WHOA! Holdin on to her all the way!

[spokes2112]

Great pilotage keeping gravity from a 22 ton aircraft. Unfortunately 8 sailors got injured, could have been A LOT worse.

[Allen]

Do they make pants in Navy Brown?

[FlameOut]

No way!

They should have all been down to Davey Jones' locker.

God was with them.

[Navy Chief]

Going to full throttle upon landing is in case of a bolter, but a successful recovery from a broken arresting cable has got to be rare, I would think. NC

[StormILM]

Going to full throttle upon landing is in case of a bolter, but a successful recovery from a broken arresting cable has got to be rare, I would think. NC

I agree Chief. Looking at the way it all went down I tend to think the deck's pitchup at the last moment (before the E-2 went over) may have helped save the day by buying them a bit of altitude to regain forward speed again. Professionalism at it's finest!

[TARPSBird]

I'm sure seeing the ship's anchor pass by at eye level with the cockpit was a terrifying experience for the flight crew. Great job of naval aviating.

[Flyboy208]

Amazing example of Naval Aviation airmanship. Bravo Zulu ! Mike

[Victory103]

Probably only a light E-2 can pull that off, hope the new props helped, wish we had audio. E-2's also land with rear starboard (right) side escape hatch open.

[stansdds]

Kudos to the pilots on a miraculous saving of the aircraft.

Full story on this incident.

http://pilotonline.com/news/military...961145c9d.html