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"HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A fighter jet made a crash landing at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Monday afternoon, after its front landing gear did not deploy.

The crash happened around 2:45 p.m. The crash landing happened on runway 4R at the airport, according the Department of Transportation. The pilot used the jet’s tail hook to slow down after the front landing gear failed, DOT said.

Miraculously, the jet did not appear suffer much damage despite the rough landing.

Commercial jets landing at HNL will have to land at runway 8R due to accident, which could cause some delays for any incoming aircraft for about the next hour to 90 minutes, a spokesperson said.

No injuries or major damage done to the runway were reported.

It is unclear what military branch the aircraft belonged or the type of aircraft."

WtF?! an F-16 with a tail hook? (F-16 is USAF only, not Navy (unless that has changed since I was in)); "Unclear what branch"... DuH (USAF)

(I guess I have to give them a little slack, they ARE a news organization.. which means they have NO knowledge of the military, nor its equipment. But, I can't figure out where they got the 'tail hook' idea.. Even in the picture above, from their website, there is obviously no tail hook 🤔)

"Miraculously, the jet did not appear suffer much damage"

😆😂🤣😂😆

Air Force fighters do have tail hooks. Air Force runways typically have approach end and departure end cables. The tail hook would be used for high-speed abort on takeoff or landing emergencies, such as hydraulic failure where the aircraft has no brakes.

Looking at the picture, it appears to me that the main gear are extended and the nose gear either collapsed or never came down.

If the nose gear never came down, the pilot would not lower the hook.

If the pilot lowered the hook then, I would guess, the pilot had brake failure, lowered the hook, caught the departure end cable and the rapid deceleration collapsed the nose gear.

I can assure that plane will fly again.