The discussion moves from film errors to the practical purpose of a carrier crash barrier. A barrier could spoil a clean camera angle, but omitting it during a landing removed the last protection against an aircraft overrunning the landing area. A safely climbing aircraft could pass above it, while an overshooting aircraft would be stopped before striking people and parked machines forward. Cinematic images can easily misteach the routines that made naval aviation survivable.
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Carrier crash barriers and flight-deck safety
A criticism of the film Devotion explains why an aircraft carrier's raised crash barrier protected parked aircraft and flight-deck personnel during landings.