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What is Arrested landing?



What is Arrested landing?

An aircraft, to land on the flight deck, each plane needs a tail-hook, which is exactly what it sounds like, an extended hook attached to the plane's tail. A plane landing on a carrier moves from about a 150 mph to zero in seconds. Aside from planes capable of vertical flight like the Harrier, tail-hooks are a required feature on carrier-based fixed-wing aircraft. Such a hook is designed to snare a thick arresting wire strung across the deck of an aircraft carrier that slows the plane and allows it to land in a confined space for safer landing.


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