[cynwoody]

It is believed by many crewmen and investigators that John McCain deliberately ‘wet-started’ his A-4E to shake up the guy in the plane behind his A-4. ‘Wet-starts’ shoot a large flame from the tail of the aircraft.

In McCain's case, the ‘wet-start’ apparently ‘cooked off’ and launched the Zuni rocket from the rear F-4 that touched off the explosions.

Not likely.

Source: http://pbma.nasa.gov/docs/public/pbma/images/msm/forrestal_sfcs.pdf

[LibLieSlayer]

You should know... you were there... right? Funny how the official investigation stated that they could not say with any confidence exactly what happened... but then you figured it out for all of us. Great job!

LLS