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Depending on its aircraft load, a
carrier’s flight deck
may sit as high as
60 feet above the waterline
. Its hangar bay elevators lower swimmers to 30 feet from the waves—the equivalent of an Olympic diving platform—so leaping sailors risk a broken bone if not using good form. The USS
Eisenhower
issued instructions to prevent injuries by asking that the crew “practice to prevent injury from wrongful water entry.”..."
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