It doesn't happen every day that an arresting cable snaps on an aircraft carrier, and when it does, it is extremely dangerous. This video explores the reasons behind cable snaps, details on ...

160413-N-KK394-083 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 13, 2016) - An E2-C Hawkeye assigned to the Screwtops of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 123 takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier ...

151; -- Eight sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower were injured Friday when a landing cable on the flight ... were injured this afternoon when an arresting gear parted during a ...

an E-2C from Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 123 nearly plunged into the sea after an arresting cable snapped and was unable to slow the incoming aircraft. Eight sailors were injured and ...

When the plane is coming back to land, arresting ... the deck of the carrier, and a "shuttle" is set on the track. A cable is hooked between the shuttle and the nose of the aircraft.

and information relaying between different aircraft. A J-15 recovers at the unspecified base, using an arresting cable to simulate landing on a carrier. (Image credit: 81.cn) Furthermore ...

It had been more than 10 years since an arresting cable, a thick rope of wires that catches an aircraft's tail hook to slow it down and complete a carrier landing, has parted on a carrier deck ...