I found the 3-4 minute landing interval noted in the article linked by spaz interesting as well. Intervals on well oiled carriers ops are much shorter than that.
Engines if you read the article linked by spaz, the reasons are there: arresting cable snapped, aircraft directed to orbit with fouled deck, ran out of gas....Would not be surprised if he had already dumped gas to get to landing weight as he was next to land
tough business.
Last edited by sandiego89; 22nd Nov 2016 at 15:34.