This is what the Naval/ Marine Corps Brotherhood is all about. That was a Marine Pilot on a Naval vessel and aside for the natural response to clear free from the blast, that all of us in the Air Wing know you do, they all then RAN toward the danger in effort to save their Brother. A Big SEMPER FI to ALL of you on that ship and glad the Pilot made it through that blast.
I was there that day brother.. It was miraculous. I was the sailor who waited for the truck to pass. My buddies ran out before me ended up kicking my headgear in the scurry to get out and help.. But it was pretty miraculous. Bombs were close to detonation too.
Did the Marine Aviator make it out OK? What was the cause? Mishap Board finding? I guess the airframe was toast. My guess, not knowing notin, is that a fuel line ruptured, or APU fuel dewar exploded. Looked like something under high pressure detonated.
I was deployed on this ship when it happened a turbine blew on the right side and pilot couldn't eject due to injection seat not working if I'm not mistaken this was right off the coast of syeria, 100% a day where we couldve lost the ship if it wasn't for the badasses on flying squad and crash and salvage, I was on DC Central when it happened
Well, that's definitely missing in DCS.... :p Glad the pilot made it without much harm, this was very impressive ! Kudos to you guys, that was a quick response time. I'm curious to know what caused the explosion, if any investigation could be done on the wreck ? Also curious to know why the pilot didn't eject (unconscious after the explosion, or did he feel like it was more dangerous than anything to eject in this situation ? Or maybe that things looked under control for him ? Standard procedure maybe ?)
@Dmitri Kozlowsky Well, the digital flight controls don't even prevent stalls, so I don't see it preventing over Gs :p Maybe you over stressed the airframe and it just fails. The grim reapers actually did a great video about the F-14 airframe fatigue to point out why wings come off so "easily" during dogfights. Don't know if this feature is also implemented in the harrier since they are developped by different third-parties, but you might still have a hard cap on how many Gs you can pull before a structural failure.
Does anyone know which squadron it was? BuNo of the aircraft? Pilot's name? The Kearsarge ARG embarked with the 26th MEU in 2015-2016. I think it was 6 Harriers from VMA-223 Bulldogs that were assigned to VMM-162 (REIN). Can anyone confirm?
@@Rack-Ops wow, well done. I was a Blue shirt/ crash rescue aboard Australia's last carrier HMAS Melbourne back in the day, never seen anything like it.
Nice to see the video finally, I had to pull the audio tapes for the incident package. Tower was telling the pilot to eject, but apparently he didn't hear it.
That was me lol my buddys and i were in the fly hole and upon hearing the explosion kicked my head gear into a corner.. But i onew my training.. Look both ways before crossing lol.. If you also notice i jumped back up from the catwalks and cleared the hose that wasnt pushing out enough agent.. Check out portside elevator
A first stage compressor blade broke off and shot through the engine casing, the internal fuel cell, the aircraft skin, and the left external fuel tank. The sudden release of the blade caused the entire compressor to go off-balance and blast out of the top of the aircraft. I was one of the harrier engine mechanics on the flight deck that day. It's a scary thing seeing something like that, then being able to stand at the intake and look up through the top of the aircraft with what's left of the engine still in the aircraft.
@@Stoobs82 Crazy. I wonder if something had changed since the last flight. If not, the last pilot is lucky it didn't happen to him mid-air or as he was trying to land. Same for this pilot. At least it happened I'm a "safe" area and somehow he managed to escape with no harm. Didn't even have to ride the ejection seat, which have caused injuries, themselves
This is what the Naval/ Marine Corps Brotherhood is all about. That was a Marine Pilot on a Naval vessel and aside for the natural response to clear free from the blast, that all of us in the Air Wing know you do, they all then RAN toward the danger in effort to save their Brother. A Big SEMPER FI to ALL of you on that ship and glad the Pilot made it through that blast.
It was an RAF pilot on an exchange.
I was there that day brother.. It was miraculous. I was the sailor who waited for the truck to pass. My buddies ran out before me ended up kicking my headgear in the scurry to get out and help.. But it was pretty miraculous. Bombs were close to detonation too.
Did the Marine Aviator make it out OK? What was the cause? Mishap Board finding? I guess the airframe was toast. My guess, not knowing notin, is that a fuel line ruptured, or APU fuel dewar exploded. Looked like something under high pressure detonated.
I was deployed on this ship when it happened a turbine blew on the right side and pilot couldn't eject due to injection seat not working if I'm not mistaken this was right off the coast of syeria, 100% a day where we couldve lost the ship if it wasn't for the badasses on flying squad and crash and salvage, I was on DC Central when it happened
@@Themanwiththepitcherofwaterhey don't forget about flying squad not us HT, DC, & MRs were in that bitch as well
That was impressive. Bravo Zulu on the fire response. Extra round of rations for all hands!
Amazing damage control response .... almost instantaneous. I hope the pilot was saved!
He was saw him get out myself
Well, that's definitely missing in DCS.... :p
Glad the pilot made it without much harm, this was very impressive ! Kudos to you guys, that was a quick response time.
I'm curious to know what caused the explosion, if any investigation could be done on the wreck ? Also curious to know why the pilot didn't eject (unconscious after the explosion, or did he feel like it was more dangerous than anything to eject in this situation ? Or maybe that things looked under control for him ? Standard procedure maybe ?)
@Dmitri Kozlowsky Well, the digital flight controls don't even prevent stalls, so I don't see it preventing over Gs :p
Maybe you over stressed the airframe and it just fails. The grim reapers actually did a great video about the F-14 airframe fatigue to point out why wings come off so "easily" during dogfights. Don't know if this feature is also implemented in the harrier since they are developped by different third-parties, but you might still have a hard cap on how many Gs you can pull before a structural failure.
They had foam on it in 36 seconds and it was out 58 seconds.
Fire was out in exactly one hot minute...
hey i was in the cabin of that sierra taking a little nap when that happened. scared the shit outta me
Does anyone know which squadron it was? BuNo of the aircraft? Pilot's name?
The Kearsarge ARG embarked with the 26th MEU in 2015-2016.
I think it was 6 Harriers from VMA-223 Bulldogs that were assigned to VMM-162 (REIN).
Can anyone confirm?
I was on watch when this happened we heard the explosion from the bridge we were lik "that doesnt sound good wtf just happened"
Did the Pilot Make it???
@@gunzelloharris3348 the pilot survived he wasn't even hurt that bad
@@garrettsilva5025 Cpy tht Gd 2 hear & thnx Buddy!! ;)
@Dmitri Kozlowsky I was told the apu malfunctioned as to why that happened tho I dont have an answer
@Dmitri Kozlowsky The APU on the AV8B uses the standard fuel supply. It is started by a small DC motor.
Wow Wow Wow....What a responce. I didn't see any ejection. What was the result for the pilot?
I was told the pilot was able to get out safely with no issues.
@@Rack-Ops wow, well done. I was a Blue shirt/ crash rescue aboard Australia's last carrier HMAS Melbourne back in the day, never seen anything like it.
@@Rack-Ops The guy who uploaded this video to TH-cam was the pilot. He confirmed with me that he did in fact walk away without any issues.
jkaposi what squadron was this? Not the ACE, but the actual Harrier squadron they were from?
And when was this? Looks like it’s the USS Kersarge.
@@hydguy yes kearsarge
Nice to see the video finally, I had to pull the audio tapes for the incident package. Tower was telling the pilot to eject, but apparently he didn't hear it.
What happened to the pilot
@@alonzocruz671 He got wet from the fire fighting, but was fine other than that.
@@Cinn357 That's relieving to read. It looked like bad news but I'm no aviation guy. Wow!
nice p-16 driving
See that guy almost get run over by the crash vehicle? Boy that could have been serious.
That was me lol my buddys and i were in the fly hole and upon hearing the explosion kicked my head gear into a corner.. But i onew my training.. Look both ways before crossing lol.. If you also notice i jumped back up from the catwalks and cleared the hose that wasnt pushing out enough agent.. Check out portside elevator
Lol bridges
This was actually 4 years from today. It seems to be just happened yesterday. I still remember everyone was talking about harrier fire in chow line.
@@Adsiedem Yes, he escaped, without ejection.
I was on ras 3
@@andyscandys31silverman51 damn shipmate! what's your name and rate?
@@davidjin8147 lydick I was a brand new bmsn at that time
@@andyscandys31silverman51 nice bro. Are you on shore duty now
The guys with the fire truck was what I did
What caused it to explode?
Powerplants (engine shop) told us one of the compressor fans collapsed and basically got ingested by the engine, I worked in the avi shop
A first stage compressor blade broke off and shot through the engine casing, the internal fuel cell, the aircraft skin, and the left external fuel tank. The sudden release of the blade caused the entire compressor to go off-balance and blast out of the top of the aircraft. I was one of the harrier engine mechanics on the flight deck that day. It's a scary thing seeing something like that, then being able to stand at the intake and look up through the top of the aircraft with what's left of the engine still in the aircraft.
@@Stoobs82 Crazy. I wonder if something had changed since the last flight. If not, the last pilot is lucky it didn't happen to him mid-air or as he was trying to land.
Same for this pilot. At least it happened I'm a "safe" area and somehow he managed to escape with no harm. Didn't even have to ride the ejection seat, which have caused injuries, themselves
Concur, I was there.@@Stoobs82
Can't see it but I was the one who was in the crash basket making sure the pilot Safetied the seat .
Wow
What burning jet fuel didn't sink the Carrier?
Liliana Henry I was on the flight deck when this happened , the fuel tank caught fire but the fire didn’t get inside
The fast response went a long way.
It's a LHD lmao and no. It was put out before flying squad could dress out
😞
all over by 1:30
typical low quality russian made jet .. oh wait