Show Catch A Plane A new device similar to that used on aircraft carriers but larger and more powerful is being proposed for the end of runways at commercial air air- air air- ports In an emergency the huge net would be raised at atthe atthe atthe the end of the runway and halt an aircraft about to overshoot overshoot overshoot over over- shoot at excessive speed ONE OF the developers predicts the device might be ready for Cor use in a year Experts Experts Experts Ex Ex- Ex- Ex feel leel if such a net had been in use the recent fatal Catal crash in Alaska in November could have been avoided seven Forty people were killed when a DC 8 ran off the end of the runway crashed crash crash- ed and burned at Anchorage THE NAVY has successfully successful successful- ly used arresting cables for many years on its carrier decks They now stop jet bombers successfully in a avery avery avery very short distance Runways Runways Runways Run Run- ways at commercial airports could allow far Car greater distances distances distances dis dis- dis- dis for stopping The idea seems sound and may be one of of the tile ways to reduce the the- chances of fatal accidents on the nations nation's airways which so often occur in bad weather |