TIL aircraft carriers have "barricades" set up - giant tennis nets essentially - to catch landing fighters that failed to hook onto the arresting cables.
https://aviationhumor.net/aircraft-carrier-crash-barricades/
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https://aviationhumor.net/aircraft-carrier-crash-barricades/
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Troubled Navy Jet's Last Hope - Carrier's Crash Barricades - Aviation Humor
If a carrier-based airplane has a major issue and there are no airfields available, aviators are faced with two options. Ejecting or taking their chances with the carrier’s crash barricades.Marko R. (Aviation Humor)
