There were no planes behind his engine nozzles. The nozzles were pointed out to sea, nothing was behind that could have been ignited. All this talk about a wet start is total BS. A Zuni Rocket from an F-4 on the other side of the deck was accidentally fired due to a voltage spike when the pilot of the F-4 switched to internal power and the firing circuit cut out safety pin was not in, or not in all the way. I hate mccain and think the world is a much better place with him six feet under, but the Forrestal fire was not his fault and anyone who says it was is lying. Period. End. Of. Story.
Thank you. That’s why my comment was a question, not a statement of fact.