USS Forrestal flight deck fires, Vietnam

[bob10]

I posted this in the previous post, about B52's but I think this deserves its own area, Bob

A grainy video from the upper deck cameras , USS Forrestal, during operations off Vietnam. Bob

USS Forrestal Mishap July 29, 1967 - YouTube

the following is an explanation of how it happened


Explosion on Aircraft Carrier Forrestal (2/4) - YouTube


Explosion on Aircraft Carrier Forrestal (3/4) -



Explosion on Aircraft Carrier Forrestal (4/4) - YouTube

[dhc4ever]

This defines the true meaning of a cluster ****.
We examined this as a safety scenario and the string of causality when I was in the RAAF.
The US navy did however learn some bitter lessons from this, in regards to fire fighting and crew training, ship design, munitions handling and safety procedures.
Pity it ALWAYS costs lives to achieve improvements.
damn lucky they didnt sink the ship.