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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)
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Subject: Re: Update on USS Iowa
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Date: 22 Apr 89 04:30:07 GMT
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From: jallred@bbn.com (John Allred)

In article <5795@cbnews.ATT.COM> military@att.att.com (Bill Thacker) writes:
>
>
> <more on the USS Iowa explosion>
>
>This is considered the worst naval accident in 12 years.  (What was
>that accident ?)

Perhaps it's the Marine EA-6A crash on the Nimitz, which killed on the
order of twenty men.  If I recall, the probably cause of this accident
was the pilot self-administering anti-histamines prior to launch.  Traces
of THC were also found in several of the dead crewmembers.  This event kicked
off the "zero tolerance" drug policy.
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John Allred
BBN Systems and Technologies Corp.
(jallred@bbn.com)

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