remi
30th Nov 2023, 00:45
It's not well known among the public that some land based military aircraft (e.g. f-16, f-22) have tailhooks intended to be used in emergencies, and that a fair number of dual use airports have arresting cable systems.
The literature I've seen in regard to civilian a/c operating around these systems are basically how to avoid accidents should the systems be malfunctioning or deployed unintentionally. I'm wondering though, have any civilian aircraft been equipped with arresting hooks, or has the idea been given consideration? Or is EMAS the agreed upon civilian option?
The literature I've seen in regard to civilian a/c operating around these systems are basically how to avoid accidents should the systems be malfunctioning or deployed unintentionally. I'm wondering though, have any civilian aircraft been equipped with arresting hooks, or has the idea been given consideration? Or is EMAS the agreed upon civilian option?