Yes. Here's the tailhook on an F-16:
Here's the tailhook on an F-15:
They're much smaller than a naval tailhook, such as on this F-18:
Posted on 10/05/2023 5:37:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
A FedEx Boeing 757 with landing gear failure crash landed, then skidded off the end of a runway late Wednesday night in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the city's fire department said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The three pilots on board weren't hurt, the Chattanooga Regional Airport said in a statement.
First responders raced to the airport after getting reports that the plane was on its final approach, the fire department said.
Agencies at the scene along with firefighters included their department's Special Ops team, Chattanooga police and Hamilton County EMS, according to CBS Chattanooga affiliate WDEF-TV.
They were in position as the aircraft circled before making its final descent, the fire department said.
The plane came to a stop before it got to a street in the safety area, the department continued.
"There was no fire, only smoke from the engines," the department said.
"Great work by the pilot and airport personnel, as well as all responding agencies for their coordinated efforts," it added.
The airport said its main runway would be closed "until further notice."
The cause of the gear malfunction was being investigated.
I remember that day. Must have watched the video the haggies put out like fifty times analyzing it. We stood down for a day or two... Tried out best to change up our flight paths.
side bar:
Did some consulting work in Anchorage. The guy I worked with took me to Seward. We took a fishing charter with 5 others to fish. We all caught enough so that each of us had the limit. Back to the docks Paid people to filet them, bag them and ship Fee Ex to the states I lived in So Cal.
The next morning in the anchorage paper, FEDEX PLANE FROM ANCHORAGE CATCHS FIRE. Found out from FedEx two planes with freight, one to newark and One to LA. The one to Newark caught fire on landing and the crew knocked out the window and climbed out of the plane, but the fish was all burnt. Fortunately my fish was on the LA flight and we had Halibut for over a month.
Yes. Here's the tailhook on an F-16:
Here's the tailhook on an F-15:
They're much smaller than a naval tailhook, such as on this F-18:
They are there for arresting brake failure landings and also aborting takeoffs.
I know one USAF pilot who had to use his tailhook a couple of times, once for the brake failure landing and once for the aborted takeoff. Both in F-4s.
Another reason for the tail hooks, and the most common use, is for anchoring the aircraft so that maintenance can fun full blast engine tests.
Same with Airbus. Only their two newest models haven’t crashed yet. (The A380 with very few built and the A350 which is the newest all new airliner.) Their A300, A310, A319/20/21, A330 and A340 models have all crashed.
No B787 has crashed, and the B777 had an exemplary safety record until the Russians shot one down and also some pilots in San Francisco flew it into the rocks short of the runway on manual approach.
As for the B757 model which is the model in the article with the landing gear trouble has a great safety record. There are a number of hull losses due collisions and hijackings, something I don’t think anyone could blame Boeing for.
Two were used during 9/11. Others have been hijacked too. One 757 was lost when a different plane was hijacked and they collided.
Btw the giant A380 has already had an incident so severe that the plane caught on fire in air and lost hydraulics. The landing gears had to be dropped by gravity. Tough bird landed and everyone was safe despite the leaking fuel and overheated brakes from coming in so fast. Could have ended badly.
So yes, both Boeing and Airbus only make two types of planes. Those that have crashed and those that will.
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What a coincidence! We’re both old worn-out fellas, formerly known as young, strapping, virile lads.
One 777 crashed short of the runway at Heathrow due to ice crystals in the fuel clogging filters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38
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