Would a Civilian Aircraft Be Allowed to Land on a Carrier During an Emergency?

[poobear24]

Not a big airplane; maybe more like a Cessna with an engine failure flying over the ocean. Just curious. : )

 

[helolumpy]

Long story short is no. The amount of time it would take to ready the deck would be too long if the aircraft had an emergency in progress.
If the carrier was at flight quarters, I would highly doubt that the Commanding Officer would risk the lives of his flight deck crew allowing some civilian to land on the deck. Not to mention the possibility of damaging numerous multiple-million dollar aircraft.

While I'll caveat my answer with, " never, say never" and it has happened once before, I highly doubt it would happen again.

 

[eas7888]

Not a big airplane; maybe more like a Cessna with an engine failure flying over the ocean. Just curious. : )

The smarter move would be to ditch within sight of the carrier and wait for rescue. I'm sure the CO wouldn't like to have someone crash a Cessna into his ship, putting the pilot of the airplane and the members of his crew at risk.

 

[brownshoe]

Not a big airplane; maybe more like a Cessna with an engine failure flying over the ocean. Just curious. : )

Happened during the fall of Saigon, 1975, USS Midway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so9XRUbBGj8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq_mg8CtSzk

 

[eas7888]

Happened during the fall of Saigon (USS Midway)

True, but I definitely would consider those extraordinary circumstances.

 

[Harrier Dude]

There's already a thread for stupid questions.

I'm not sure we need to start another one for completely retarded questions.