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| USS John C. Stennis, CVN-74/ Photo US Navy |
It was reported in the news yesterday that 11 people, (8 sailors, 1 marine and 2 civilian contractors ) on board the USS John Stennis were injured off the coast of San Diego when a F-18C Hornet had an engine explode and catch fire just as it was preparing to be launched from the aircraft carriers deck. The two worst injuries was one sailor was hit in the chest by a piece of the aircraft and another sailor suffered a broken femur.
I don't know how the majority of people reacted to this news, but as you know I spent 20 years in the navy and much of that time was spent on two aircraft carriers, the USS Constellation CV-64 and USS Kitty Hawk CV-63. This is not a rare occurrence, accidents like this happens a lot on board ships of the navy, especially the aircraft carriers, working on board aircraft carriers is a very dangerous job, however the crew is always prepared to act quickly to accidents and fires on board, although sometimes fires get away from the fire fighting crew. When I was on board the USS Constellation on 2 August 1988 when a major fire erupted in the 1 main machinery room. We fought that fire for 2 days luckily no one was killed but 20 sailors where injured and motivated off the ship. Read the news story and watch the videos on channel 8's site and I will put up info on the ship, aircraft and squadron soon
11 injured during training on USS John C. Stennis off San Diego - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com
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