During the TV recording of the last Vulcan bombers of 44(R) Sqn landing at Waddington in 1984, an Emergency was declared for a Vulcan K2 coming in to land with hose trailed, it fell off as the aircraft flew over the threshold.
Apparently it had trailed but refused to wind in, the aircraft flew over the North Sea ranges and jettisoned it, it was held in situ by ice, as the aircraft returned to Waddington, the ice melted. The rest, as they say, is history.
Although I do remember the station Radiatio Safety Officer having the heebie jeebies over the possibility of broken Beta Lights from the basket, as the groundcrew rapidly collected the hose onto a bomb trolley to get the runway open for the rest of the aircraft to land.