Recovering a fighter-bomber hanging off a carrier - photo

Crew of the USS Midway recovering a McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II hanging off the deck of the carrier after she collided with a Panamanian freighter.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...436#post177552
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...349#post169497
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...558#post166727
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...517#post162416
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...184#post153798
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...295#post116282

Incompetent ship handling is not new then. Can’t blame women or reduced manning for this one.

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Originally Posted by Moby Duck

Incompetent ship handling is not new then. Can’t blame women or reduced manning for this one.

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There can be amplifying mechanical issues; but collisions always boil down to one thing 'failure to maintain a proper forward watch".
Not far different from all the impacts of three wheeled off-road vehicles. Another reason they weren't made for long.