How NOT to launch a ship: Dramatic video shows how vessel's first journey from Wisconsin dock goes spectacularly wrong

PUBLISHED: 14:39 EST, 3 June 2013 | UPDATED: 01:41 EST, 4 June 2013

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A ship launch gone awry is taking the internet by storm as footage of the enormous vessel plunging into the harbour shows dangerous debris flying right at the camera.

Posted on You Tube by Jason Bundoff, the impressive video shows the ship tumbling sideways into the water breaking off its sliders and creating a titanic-sized wave that engulfs the camera.

According to a Reddit user claiming to be Mr Bundoff's friend, the photographer shot the video while an intern at the shipyard and survived the ordeal with scratches and bruises.

Ouch! Boat launch fail takes out cameraman

Courtesy Jason Bundoff

All hands off deck: Startling footage showing a ship launch gone wrong is taking You Tube by storm

Others, he said, were not so lucky and one person allegedly broke his leg.

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The startling video has created waves online where commentators familiar with the shipping industry have placed the vessel at Marinette shipyard in Wisconsin though the date is unknown.

Capsized: The boat slips sideways into the water, apparently on track

Oops: You Tube user Jason Bundoff posted the video claiming he was right there filming as the ship was launched incorrectly

On Gcaptain.com, users have also debated whether there was in fact anyone filming the launch at all.

Says one: 'Definately Marinette's yard, the ship in the background is one of the Freedom Class LCS boats. Given the lack of other people in the shot I'd bet this was a remote camera.'

Certainly the amount of debris and water that comes flying at the camera looks as if it would cause more than scratches and bruises but according to his Redditor friend, Mr Bundoff is afraid to post anything more about the aftermath for privacy reasons.

Dramatic: Something breaks sending the boat plunging into the water and debris flying at the camera

Dramatic: Something on the dock breaks sending the boat plunging into the water and debris flying at the camera

Danger! A Reddit user claiming to be a friend of Josh Bundoff's says he survived with scratches and bruises but another person broke their leg in the bogus launch

What is clear is that the sliders that guide the boat into the water don't extend as far as they should.

Though all launches create a dramatic wave, the ship usually tips back the right way after its initial immersion.

In Mr Bundoff's video, clearly part of the dock equipment breaks off explaining the debris and validating at least the fact that it the launch was a failure.

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No problem with that launch. Stupid place to stand.

- PhilJ , Cardiff, 04/6/2013 12:17

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Now you did remember to fill out that insureance form didn't you?

- Jim Gibson , Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 04/6/2013 12:15

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The title should how not to stand in the way of launching a ship!!!!

- Kevin , Leeds, 04/6/2013 12:06

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Bet he felt¿ a right 'plank'

- Gavlar , Basingstoke, United Kingdom, 04/6/2013 12:02

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FAKE FAKE FAKE - Where did the boat flying the Stars & Stripes at 17 seconds come from? A slip by the faker. - Spike , Bodmin, 04/6/2013 11:27 -----that was the tug. You can see the camera move off to the right slightly to reveal it in the water. Not fake.

- KAB , Valletta, 04/6/2013 11:55

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It may be four months old but not everyone leads such boring lives to watch You Tube all the time. Some of us have other things to do. Clearly those growing up now seem to forget not everyone is doing the same thing, and nor does all information get around. I also think this film has been edited.

- Dr Jones , London, 04/6/2013 11:55

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Is a shipyard intern the same as an apprentice?

- Josef , Siberia, 04/6/2013 11:35

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It IS You Tube, not UTube

- BDM_scouseland , Liverpool, United Kingdom, 04/6/2013 11:34

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there was no problem with this launching. please check this video from different angle of the same ship launching.

- mahudhy , Male, 04/6/2013 11:33

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That is exactly how to launch a ship! Its his own fault for standing in such a stupid place, the launchers were probably chuckling to themselves because they knew he was in the line of fire.

- Jen , Lancs, United Kingdom, 04/6/2013 11:27

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