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 .
Nanjengoko idekhi yesithwali ingenako ukubande njengebala lenwelo-moya, isithwali sikhupha umphunga kuqala ukunciphisa isantya senqwelo-moya ekhawulelana nayo, ize inqwelo-moya imiswe lirhintyela leengcingo sesimisi.