Well I just googled your discussion guys qnd this is what I found. Crazy story so Im not sure if I believe it. Some idiot probably did that and since we dont know his name, had to be a connected rich asshole who got scott free. Or it could have been an accident.
So based on the evidence we really dont know. But if the timeframe matches mccain and based on his family status in the navy, mccain could have probably been one of a handful pilots who it could be.
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2...d-134-sailors/
McCain, when a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy was a Navy pilot (they call themselves aviators). July 29, 1967 while on the deck and in his plane on the carrier U.S.S. Forrestal he managed to screw up procedures (officially denied and covered up by him and the Navy and also even promoted on Wikipedia if you care to look–reason to follow). He did a smart ass punk attention getting trick by doing a “wet start” up of his jet.....