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F7U Cutlass dramatically missed its landing on USS Hancock, in 1955

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In 1955, an F7U Cutlass dramatically missed its landing on USS Hancock. The plane approached too low and stroke the ramp of the carrier. The pilot was killed, and 3 people on the deck were also killed by burning jet fuel.

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