I was on an aircraft carrier in the mid 90’s and we lost three aircraft on a Westpac. We lost an F14 and an E-2 Hawkeye when the F14 bounced off it’s wire on recovery and hit the Hawk eye that was parked. The other was kind of scary because it was an F18 that was launched and the pilot ejected because the plane didn’t have power. Once he ejected, the plane flew off like a multi-million dollar bottle rocket.
I was on an aircraft carrier in the mid 90’s and we lost three aircraft on a Westpac. We lost an F14 and an E-2 Hawkeye when the F14 bounced off it’s wire on recovery and hit the Hawk eye that was parked. The other was kind of scary because it was an F18 that was launched and the pilot ejected because the plane didn’t have power. Once he ejected, the plane flew off like a multi-million dollar bottle rocket.