Senator Collins

Well, the back fell off in this case—by all means—but it’s very unusual.

Absolutely ludicrous. These are very, very strong aircraft.

Well, some of them are built so that the front doesn’t fall off at all.

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Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

Well, there are a lot of these ships going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that zombie ships brought back from the dead sailing through the Strait of Hormuz aren’t safe.

Well, some of them are built so that the ship’s main laundry area doesn’t catch fire at all.

I’m not saying it wasn’t safe. It’s just perhaps not quite as safe as some of the other ones.

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Well, I was thinking more about the other ones.

Well, there are a lot of these ships going around the world all the time, and very seldom does anything like this happen. I just don’t want people thinking that U.S. aircraft carriers aren’t safe.

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.

Yeah, that’s not very typical. I’d like to make that point.