And speaking of unusual, neither does it happen often that a journalist gets to go on the same international ship twice. When the opportunity came to visit the ship again last year during the Malabar Exercise, I was once again excited. When the aircraft is pulled back by large chains, it gives the passenger the alarming feeling that it is crashing, since the runway is just a small piece of floating deck. Once on board, it was time to visit the flight deck, where the aircraft were stored, serviced, and maintained. On one side of the flight deck, you could go near the edge of the ship and see the ship speeding on the vast ocean.

Source: The Hindu February 06, 2018 18:45 UTC