How many planes did John McCain crash in navy?

Answer 1

John McCain was involved in two separate plane crashes during his time in the United States Navy. The first crash occurred in 1960 while he was still in flight training, and the second crash happened in 1967 during the Vietnam War, where he was shot down and captured as a prisoner of war.

Answer 2

Four or five; one was lost in an accident on an aircraft flight deck. He lost three aircraft prior to being sent to an aircraft carrier off Vietnam.

McCain lost two A-4 Skyhawk jet fighter bombers. One was destroyed during the USS Foreststal Fire in July 1967. His second Skyhawk was shot down over North Vietnam in October of the same year (1967).

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Answer 3

He was shot down in one jet. He had an engine failure in another jet and it crashed despite his efforts to relight the engine.

He crashed into Corpus Cristi Bay...crash cause undetermined. He clipped some power lines in Spain, but plane did not crash. He was in a jet on the USS Forestall that was hit by rocket fired across the flight deck from another jet.

Answer 4

From Factcheck.org We have had numerous questions about this widely circulated claim. Some say McCain "lost" five planes, others that he "crashed" five planes. All offer this alleged "fact" as evidence that he was a bad pilot. All are incorrect. McCain did lose two Navy aircraft while piloting them, both due to engine failure. A third was destroyed on the deck of the carrier USS Forrestal when a missile fired accidentally from another plane hit either the plane next to McCain's or, less likely, his own aircraft, triggering a disastrous fire that killed 134 sailors and nearly killed McCain. A fourth plane was lost when he was shot down over North Vietnam on a bombing mission over Hanoi. There's no evidence that any of the four destroyed planes were lost to pilot error. A fifth alleged "crash" turns out to be a misinterpretation of a flight accident that did not result in the loss of the aircraft. McCain admitted to causing that incident through "daredevil clowning" but returned safely. More about that later.

Answer 5

It was 22 years long