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I didn’t blame him... I actually said “accidental”. You are wanting to read into what I may have worded in a better way but twice in this thread I have explained exactly the point that I was trying to make. I also referenced in another response that a grounding tether and other safety procedures were bypassed to allow planes to launch faster. It sounds like a series of failures led to that disaster. Now mccain is a disaster. Some people are just power hungry jerks and I think that mccain is one of them. He is not guilty or complicit in the Forrestal accident according the data that I have read. I can’t be more clear. I still even after reading information on it, do not know the cause. Static discharge causing a voltage surge seems a likely candidate. Like I said... they listed many things that could have combined to cause this event to happen. As far as mccain... he is a reprehensible jerk.

GET OVER IT. He didn't even have anything to do with the Accident except for his plane getting hit. There was a lot going on onboard other than John McCain. Air Boss and Air Bosun Spot planes not the pilots. AVORD Crew checks the weapons. You do neither your own posting reputation nor FR any favors connecting what was a traggic accident too McCain. McCain by accounts of the accident did what he was trained to do which was get out.

There were a lot of heros on that ship that day even ones who made mistakes. Forrestal changed Naval firefighting prevention and procedures forever. How many times have you seen the Navy's footage of the incident?

So then if McCain was not guilty or complicit in the accident then why did you even bring it up for? It doesn't take a rocket scientist seeing the Flightdeck spotting to understand what plane the missle came from.