![]() ![]() The technique is “commonplace in naval aviation”, according to the service, because it can reduce the amount of time a recovered aircraft spends on the open ship deck. The procedure is also known as a Sierra Hotel Break by naval aviators. The USN describes an expedited recovery breaking manoeuvre as when “an aircraft initiates a turn to downwind from either behind the ship or over the top of the ship”. ![]() At the time, the service initially described the incident as a “landing mishap”. “The mishap was the result of pilot error,” he adds. “Specifically, the MP remained in manual mode when he should have been – and thought he was – in an automated command mode designed to reduce pilot workload during landings. “As a result of… the lack of familiarity with the manoeuvre, the MP lost situational awareness and failed to complete his landing check list,” Thomas says. Imagery taken just after the January 2022 crash of a US Navy F-35C fighter, following a failed landing aboard the USS Carl Vinson in the South China Sea.
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