[TigersEye]

How many other pilots helped with the fire suppression? Would the 1,000 lb. bomb not have cooked off if it had stayed attached to the plane? Did the other seven Composition B bombs cook off because they were dropped from their planes?

1967 USS Forrestal fire

[TigersEye]

USS Forrestal Aircraft Carrier Disaster 46 minute documentary

John McCain escapes Forrestal explosion 1:17 Raw film of the Forrestal fire.

[Calvin Locke]

I'll take a wild guess and say the fuses on a dropped bomb are more sensitive than those still mounted.

If that was the bomb that started the chain reaction, then perhaps it took precious seconds away from the fire suppression team to otherwise eliminate the cooking threat?

McCain made my excrement list when he wasn't booted from the Senate (along with Glenn), for his participation in the Keating Five scandal.

[joe fonebone]

79I served aboard the fid (forrestal) in ‘79..

we had a crash and ejection of crew in an f-4..

the enlisted men put out the fire..

the officers went below deck and waited..

officers do not fight fires, they fly and die...

ships and air wing company fight fires....

no offence meant toward officers, it is just the way it is..

if you have not served upon a naval warship, shut your damn trap and keep your opinions to yourself, because they mean NOTHING...