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As the plane hits the deck, its kinetic energy is 1/2 (its mass) x (its speed)2,

so that's the amount of energy that has to go somewhere in order to bring

the plane to a complete stop where its kinetic energy is zero.

My guess at the moment is that the energy must be dissipated in one humongous

shock-absorber at each end of the cable. Springs don't dissipate the energy ...

they only store it, and then it still has to go somewhere. Shocks dissipate it.

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