![How are the deck crew kept safe when one or more of the arresting cables or deck pendants snaps during a tailhook landing on an aircraft carrier? - Quora How are the deck crew kept safe when one or more of the arresting cables or deck pendants snaps during a tailhook landing on an aircraft carrier? - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-13a9639fc3954c57501fa3fe0c3a6fa8.webp)
How are the deck crew kept safe when one or more of the arresting cables or deck pendants snaps during a tailhook landing on an aircraft carrier? - Quora
![TIL the F-15E tailhook will in fact catch a wire. Not smashing the gear is another issue.... : r/hoggit TIL the F-15E tailhook will in fact catch a wire. Not smashing the gear is another issue.... : r/hoggit](https://preview.redd.it/til-the-f-15e-tailhook-will-in-fact-catch-a-wire-not-v0-rsbkxpp2c98b1.png?auto=webp&s=93420e98c396a9f64fae710e8790bd888d8a34f3)
TIL the F-15E tailhook will in fact catch a wire. Not smashing the gear is another issue.... : r/hoggit
![A catapult and arresting gear crewman aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) indicates that the arresting cable has been released after the landing of an EA-3B Skywarrior aircraft - PICRYL - A catapult and arresting gear crewman aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) indicates that the arresting cable has been released after the landing of an EA-3B Skywarrior aircraft - PICRYL -](https://cdn10.picryl.com/photo/1986/03/22/a-catapult-and-arresting-gear-crewman-aboard-the-aircraft-carrier-uss-saratoga-3de3ef-1024.jpg)
A catapult and arresting gear crewman aboard the aircraft carrier USS SARATOGA (CV 60) indicates that the arresting cable has been released after the landing of an EA-3B Skywarrior aircraft - PICRYL -
![File:US Navy 010816-N-0295M-003 An arresting wire falls away from an S-3B Viking's tail hook as it stops after landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:US Navy 010816-N-0295M-003 An arresting wire falls away from an S-3B Viking's tail hook as it stops after landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/US_Navy_010816-N-0295M-003_An_arresting_wire_falls_away_from_an_S-3B_Viking%27s_tail_hook_as_it_stops_after_landing_aboard_the_aircraft_carrier_USS_Constellation_%28CV_64%29.jpg)
File:US Navy 010816-N-0295M-003 An arresting wire falls away from an S-3B Viking's tail hook as it stops after landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![File:US Navy 050913-N-5384B-337 An F-A-18 Hornet catches the arresting gear wire on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:US Navy 050913-N-5384B-337 An F-A-18 Hornet catches the arresting gear wire on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/US_Navy_050913-N-5384B-337_An_F-A-18_Hornet_catches_the_arresting_gear_wire_on_the_flight_deck_aboard_the_Nimitz-class_Carrier_USS_Abraham_Lincoln_%28CVN_72%29.jpg)
File:US Navy 050913-N-5384B-337 An F-A-18 Hornet catches the arresting gear wire on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![DVIDS - Images - An F/A-18E Super Hornet, with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97, catches an arresting gear wire as it lands on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS DVIDS - Images - An F/A-18E Super Hornet, with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 97, catches an arresting gear wire as it lands on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/1812/4944989/2000w_q95.jpg)