The McDonnell Douglas F4K Phantom FG.1 aircraft, serial XV589, coded 005/R, of 892 Naval Air Squadron landing on the Royal Navy aircraft carrier Ark Royal (1950) during flying operations in the Central Mediterranean. The aircraft has caught No. 1 arrestor wire. The photographer is looking to port and aft from the flight deck at the base of the island showing the ship's flight Westland Wessex HAS.1 helicopter in flight off the port quarter serving as plane guard. A Fairey Gannet AEW.3 of 849B Flight is parked on the left.