Wow, that's a lot of energy. I had a friend who worked deck crew on an aircraft carrier, and he told me about how occasionally the wires used to catch the jets when they land would snap. He says he saw a guy have to jump over the same wire three times as it snaked around (it's the sort of thing that would cut you in half if it hit you).

like this? http://videosift.com/video/PHY-NYA-Aircraft-carrier-mishap
>> ^AeroMechanical:

Wow, that's a lot of energy. I had a friend who worked deck crew on an aircraft carrier, and he told me about how occasionally the wires used to catch the jets when they land would snap. He says he saw a guy have to jump over the same wire three times as it snaked around (it's the sort of thing that would cut you in half if it hit you).

That guy who was just standing there was amazingly lucky. Wow!

>> ^AeroMechanical:

Wow, that's a lot of energy. I had a friend who worked deck crew on an aircraft carrier, and he told me about how occasionally the wires used to catch the jets when they land would snap. He says he saw a guy have to jump over the same wire three times as it snaked around (it's the sort of thing that would cut you in half if it hit you).


scientific evidence:
http://videosift.com/video/Ghost-Ship-Awesome-Scene-from-a-Shitty-Movie

*wtf

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