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No one is sure to this day just what triggered the Zuni, but the missile shot down the flight deck and slammed into a Skyhawk waiting to take off on the afterdeck, blasting the bomber and spewing blazing jet fuel onto other aircraft standing nearby.
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John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
Within an instant, the afterdeck is a raging inferno as one fuel tank after another explodes in the intense heat.
—John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
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John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
Within an instant, the afterdeck is a raging inferno as one fuel tank after another explodes in the intense heat.
—John McCain, Popular Mechanics, 27 Aug. 2018
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afterdeck
noun
af·ter·deck
-ˌdek 
: the rear half of the deck of a ship
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