I stand corrected about the cause of the missile launch which started the Forrestal fire. All the investigations into the incident report that it was an electrical surge which occurred when the F-4's power was switched from external to internal systems. They also report that no ship's personnel were responsible for what happened.
There was another deck fire 18 months later on the USS Enterprise in which a Zuni rocket was cooked off by the exhaust from a starter cart. Because of the lessons learned from the Forrestal incident the Enterprise's fire was much less severe. I apologize for the error, -- Brian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
