drop and give us twenty... ; ^) On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Brian Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
