Since the deck of a carrier cannot be as long as an airfield, the carrier first steams into the wind to reduce the relative speed of the oncoming aircraft, then the aircraft is brought to a standstill by hooking one of the arrester wires.
Kuba umgangatho wesithwali akanobamde njengebala lokufikelci inqwelo moya, ke ngoko inqwele meya imiswa kukugwegwa enye yamacingo ahlisa isentya senqwelo-meya.