Has this not been de-bunked?
He also wasn’t a good pilot based on something I read sometime ago where he crashed a couple of planes.
No it has not. What is debunked is that he didn’t fire the Zuni missile. That came from a Phantom II. McCain did make it worse while saving his skin. Then he left the ship as they dealt with the aftermath.
That is a fact.
Snopes has tried very hard, but in my estimation, failed by omission; responding to some charges and totally ignoring others.
That is not the sharpest fact checking site currently available.
I am active working on getting a copy of the official Navy report on the Forrestal incident, and McCain's role in the 160-death disaster...
“Has this not been de-bunked?”
The real-time video debunks it.
McInsane was the recipient of the disaster and not a cause of it. He didn’t “wet start” his plane to cause the missile problem. The missile fired due to an electrical problem of the plane that fired it.
McInsane was across the deck and his aircraft engine exhaust was pointed over the back end. In no way did he have anything to do with the missile or the resulting fire.
It seems we have some nerds that just want to say “wet start” as thought they really understand what that means. Next thing you know they’ll toss around some acronyms to make it seem they are “in the know”.