I’m curious how his plane blowing up under him while on deck could in any way be construed as his fault.
We’ve been over this before here. A pilot loses a plane for any reason, then after all is said and done said pilot is lucky to be able to return to the cockpit flying for Uncle Sugar, even if the loss wasn’t his fault. After two aircraft losses then it’s hard to ever fly again on the taxpayers dime, unless your father is high up which McCain’s was. Once again it’s either a bad or unlucky pilot, neither type can the taxpayer afford. So when this accident happened, his time as a USN pilot should have been over.
It can’t be, that is why I wrote the article. McCain can take(deservedly) the blame for LOTS of things but the Forrestal Fire AINE’T one of them.
There are rumors and accounts that the zuni rocket came from his plane due to a pilot error. There are also accounts that he did a wet start which cause the rocket to fire.
Neither is correct.