Screwball was right

[Screw_Michigan]

The following people can kiss my ass: Left Behinder

https://news.usni.org/2022/03/03/navy-r ... -china-sea

Navy Recovers Crashed F-35C From Depths of South China Sea

Navy salvage crews operating from a commercial salvage ship have recovered the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter that suffered a ramp strike on the deck of USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70 and crashed into the South China Sea, a U.S. 7th Fleet spokesman confirmed to USNI News on Thursday.
The F-35C, assigned to the “Argonauts” of VFA-147 Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA), was plucked from the floor of the South China Sea with Navy personnel aboard the offshore vessel DSCV Picasso, which had departed Okinawa on Feb. 23, according to the service.

Recovery of the aircraft eases fears that China or Russia could seize the aircraft, either to replicate the technology aboard or discover ways to defeat the fighters.

The Navy sent personnel from Task Force 75, Naval Sea Systems Command and NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving aboard Picasso – a vessel designed for deep diving and salvage for offshore industries, according to owner Ultra Deep Solutions.

“The wreckage was recovered from a depth of approximately 12,400-feet by a team from CTF 75 and the NAVSEA’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) embarked on the diving support construction vessel (DSCV) Picasso,” reads a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet.
“The aircraft was recovered using a CURV-21, a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), which attached specialized rigging and lift lines to the aircraft. The ship’s crane lifting hook was then lowered to the seafloor and connected to the rigging, and then lifted the aircraft to the surface and hoisted it onboard Picasso.”

While the Navy did not specify where the recovery operations occurred, the Japan Coast Guard issued a notice to mariners in late January warning of salvage operations about 170 miles west of the Philippine island of Luzon.

[Kierland]

Context please

[Mikey]

That must have been a long fucking rope.

[Screw_Michigan]

Context please

I thought this photo was fake because I expected the aircraft to sink below the surface. Left Behinder called me an idiot.

[Left Seater]

Good Lord you are doubling down on the stupid. And you claim to write about this shit?

It didn’t immediately sink. It floated for awhile. At some point it sank. Most airplanes float for a good period of time when they end up in water. Those that don’t break into many pieces float longer. See USAirways and the Hudson River.

I never said it wouldn’t sink at some point. I just pointed out that because it was floating in a still photo doesn’t mean the photo was fake.

But thanks for proving once again how I am living rent free in your dome. And that you dedicated a whole thread to try to point out my error, which wasn’t an error anyway.




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[Mikey]

Not too good on the reading comp, are you?

[Diego in Seattle]

Not too good on the reading comp, are you?

He's really not good at anything...

[smackaholic]

Context please

I thought this photo was fake because I expected the aircraft to sink below the surface. Left Behinder called me an idiot.

So, what exactly were you right about?

Maybe my reading comp is a bit lacking as well, because from what I've read, I see nothing proving your allegation that the pic is fake.

Or are you actually saying that if the plane did float long enough to get the pic, it should still be bobbing on the surface or maybe washed up on a beach somewhere?

The title of this post should read LS was right.

[L45B]

This thread would cease to exist if it weren’t for Screwy.