On approach to Kingsley, the pilot told controllers that if they couldn't brake normally, they'd circle around and attempt to land by catching an arresting cable on one end of the runway.

But the plane didn't slow, instead careening down the runway and plunging over the ... It had been more than 10 years since an arresting cable, a thick rope of wires that catches an aircraft's ...

First, the pilot hoped to snag a last-ditch steel arresting cable strung across the runway for just such emergencies. But a momentary miscommunication with the control tower led air traffic ...

Ahead of this weekend’s Bethpage Air Show, a Republic Airport runway was temporarily outfitted with an emergency version of the giant cable system that catches the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels jets ...

Oklahoma ANG’s 138th Fighter Wing F-16s tested two aircraft arresting systems on Tulsa joint-use Runway 08/26 by simulating ... to engage the arresting cable at 120 knots (138 mph).

Permanent systems feature arresting cables spanning the width of the runway. Cables are typically 1 to 1.25 inches (2.5 to 3.2 centimeters) in diameter and suspended 1.5 to 3 inches (3.8 to 7.6 ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Once a year, at least, this Air Force installation in western Tokyo acts like an earthbound aircraft carrier. Two Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets visited Yokota on Friday to ...

Shadows use a trailer mounted launcher to takeoff versus rolling down the runway, and then land similar to a jet on an aircraft carrier, with a tail hook and arresting cables that are actually ...

One sailor remains hospitalized and three others are in recovery after an arresting ... E-2C Hawkeye hit the cable stretched across the deck, then careened down the runway and off the edge.