Video: F/A-18E Flight Deck Disaster Averted -- Defense Tech
Watch the video below to see an F/A-18E Super Hornet narrowly avoid hitting two crewmen who are taking a very badly-timed stroll across a carrier flight deck as the jet comes in for a landing late last month. Luckily, someone alerted the pilot to the oblivious crewmen’s presence on the ship’s landing strip and he was able to wave off his landing.
While some might wonder how those two sailors got in the way of a landing jet, this begs a bigger question; as Steve Trimble asks, how will the Navy deal with situations like this when UAVs become a common presence on flight decks in the coming years?
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