The first one went over during evasive maneuvers while it was being moved by a tractor. So it wasn't tied down and the people on the ship can't schedule plane movements around missile and drone attacks. That the ship had to take evasive maneuvers tells us a missile or drone got close enough to be a danger, not a good situation.
The second plane went over when its hook missed the wire while landing. It happens.
Also there was a plane shot down by a guided missile cruiser.
Luckily in all cases the crew (including the guys moving the plane,) survived.
The Navy in that part of the world has been operating at a war tempo for quite a while. It's extremely dangerous at all times.
toomuchtodo|9 months ago
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43921352 ("As of late last year, the Navy was lacking nearly 14,000 enlisted sailors to keep its aircraft carriers, surface ships and attack submarines properly manned, according to the GAO. The watchdog also found that aircraft carriers, cruisers and amphibious assault ships did not have enough enlisted sailors assigned to them to meet requirements for safe operations as laid out by the Navy Manpower Analysis Center.")
[2] The High-School Juniors With $70,000-a-Year Job Offers - https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/skilled-trades-high-sc... - May 7, 2025
[3] Amid shortage, Navy recruiting program struggles to keep half first-year shipbuilders: Official - https://breakingdefense.com/2025/03/amid-shortage-navy-recru... - March 26, 2025 ("Difficulties in competing with the service industry wages in particular is a common complaint among shipbuilding executives. “It used to be that there was a big gap between manufacturing wages and other wages in any other industry,” Ingalls’ Shipbuilding President Kari Wilkinson told Breaking Defense in August. “Now you’ve got service industry wages — you can go down and be an attendant at Buc-ees for the same as an entry wage at a shipyard.”)
Ecgberht|9 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolter_(aeronautics)