LOL
I think that was gamed to the point we’ll never know for sure.
I sure don’t rule it out, to this day.
1) FWIW, the below link is a discussion of the USS Forrestal fire and it’s causes. I lived around artillery munitions long enough to give this credence.
2) More generally, military operations and training are inherently difficult and dangerous. The remarkable thing is not that an expensive airplane fell off a deck in heavy weather, but that it does not happen more often. We preach safety now due to the high numbers of people who died and equipment lost from accidents, particularly since mechanization of the military and naval forces started prior to the First World War.