Jet aircraft goes into sea from aircraft carrier

Feb. 29 Saved from death - in seven minutes: Jet aircraft goes into the sea from aircraft carrier. In a drama which lasted for seven minutes, pilot Commander J E Davis of the US Navy was saved from death in an accident aboard the United States Aircraft Carrier Shangrila during NATO manoeuvres off the coast of Scotland. Commander Davis was taking off by catapult when the machine veered to the right, the result of an apparent failure in the linkage between the plane and the catapult. He was in a Navy F8U-1 Crusader Jet Fighter. The machine was almost righted - when the right rear wheel rolled over across the gun tub - and plunged tail first over the side into the sea below. The pictures were taken by Airman J A Warren of Florida with a Fairchild K-20 aerial camera in approx 20 seconds. The aircraft floated alongside the carrier - and David did not clear the plane until after it had submerged. He was rescued and treated in the sick bay - for his only injury - a one inch cut to his left elbow. He was recovered from the water by helicopter approximately seven minutes after the start of the launch of the aircraft - and was in the sick bay three minutes later. Photo shows Commander J E Davis treated in the sick bay for his only injury - a cut elbow - by Lieutenant W..Siegel (MC) USN of New York - after his remarkable escape from death

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