Recovering a fighter-bomber hanging off a carrier - photo

[Altair]

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:

USS Hershel Williams flight deck sprinkling - photo
WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy carrier operations - GIF
Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat taking off from carrier - photo
Harrier Jump Jet landing on an aircraft carrier - GIF
USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier construction - photos
Parallel parking a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier - GIF

[Moby Duck]

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

[Toolmaker51]

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

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.