The emergency procedure for out of control below 10000 feet was “ Eject”.
i was on the fid in ‘79, watched an f4 eat a deck wrench on it’s way down the cat...
spit the engine out the end of the aircraft just as it cleared the bow...
pilot jettisoned all stores and we watched it sink below the bow. we waited for the crash... it never came
out in the distance in front of the ship it came into view, a mere feet from the water..
it slowly gained some speed and eventually climbed and returned to the ship...
one hell of a loud smoky aircraft it is..