Originally Posted by
clingon3
Landing wingtip first is not an approved technique and the jet came off worse than the ship. I don’t remember the cause of the event, be it technical or environmental but they diverted to Valley and debriefed in the time honoured fashion.
Could it be the incident described towards the end of this page:
https://www.seavixen.org/aircrew-tes...-rod-shelbourn