SU-33 fails to trap

SU-33 fails to trap on the Kuznetsov Video

Say, Is this the plane that crashed last year? I seem to remember posting a story about the mishap. well I do not have time to find it now.

By the way I've seen 4 crashes on the flight deck in person.

1.) F-8U Crusader carshed on landing on the USS Hancock Feb.'75

2.) Tomcat crashed on the flight deck on the USS America in 1981..probably in July..

3.) Intruder crash on launch off the Nimitz in April '91

4.) Tomcat crash on landing on the Nimitz in probably June '91.

No deaths in any of the crashes....

I have been on ships and shore when there were other crashes but did not witness them.

What's launch off? Recovery-take off when the plane fail to catch the line?

The plane didn't fail to trap, it did catch the line apparently, but the pilot had probably fail to reduce his throttle?
And/or the line snapped from use.

sumdud said:

What's launch off? Recovery-take off when the plane fail to catch the line?

The plane didn't fail to trap, it did catch the line apparently, but the pilot had probably fail to reduce his throttle?
And/or the line snapped from use.

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Launch is when the aircrfat is catapulted off of the ship.

We called it a "bolter" when an aircraft failed to trap the arresting cable.

The arresting cable may have broken? that;s a bad thing. Those things on a USN CV are replaced after so many "traps" I wonder how the Russian do it? That ship only goes out to sea about twice a year for two weeks at a time. So how worn could a cable be? I remember reading last year that in a two week at sea period the Russian hope to have 40 landings..That is nothing. Trust me.

Here is a link to when an Su-33 fell off the ADM "K"..

Fantastic Russian ejector seats. Does the Su-33 have automatic ejection like the Yak-38 did?