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What happens when a carrier’s arresting wire snaps

Landing on an aircraft carrier is already one of the hardest tasks in aviation, but one of the most dangerous moments can come after the hook catches the deck wire. The arresting system is designed to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An F/A-18 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd ...
An F/A-18 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan McGuire A critical system failed as a fighter jet was ...
As the fighter jet landed on the aircraft carrier, a critical piece of the landing system blew apart, shot across the machinery room, slammed into equipment a sailor had been sitting at only moments ...
A critical system failed as a fighter jet was landing on an aircraft carrier earlier this year. The $60 million F/A-18 fell off the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman and into the Red Sea. A new Navy ...