# USS John S McCain crash 'unexplained'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-john-s-mccain-crash-unexplained/794354>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-john-s-mccain-crash-unexplained/794354 "2017-08-22T11:28:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-john-s-mccain-crash-unexplained/794354/1 "2017-08-22T11:28:30Z")

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How come the SD CSI team haven’t been to work on this one. It looks startlingly similar to the Fitzgerald collision but as yet we have no theories?

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**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-john-s-mccain-crash-unexplained/794354/2 "2017-08-22T12:07:36Z")

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There’s already a thread here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=834123](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=834123)

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uss-john-s-mccain-crash-unexplained/794354/3 "2017-08-22T12:20:37Z")

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Closed. See the older thread.

**samclem** , moderator.