Editing Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (section)

===Accidents and incidents===
On 26 May 1981, an [[Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler|EA-6B Prowler]] crashed on the flight deck of ''Nimitz'', killing 14 crewmen and injuring 45 others.<ref name="Cold war ship">{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/explore/ship.cfm?ship=Nimitz%20Class |title=Cold War Ship – Nimitz class |year=2008 |publisher=[[Royal Air Force Museum London]] |access-date=21 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727112705/http://www.nationalcoldwarexhibition.org/explore/ship.cfm?ship=Nimitz%20Class |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="time">{{cite magazine | last = Anderson | first = Kurt | author2 = Beaty, Jonathan | title = Night of Flaming Terror | magazine = [[Time (magazine)|Time]] | date = 8 June 1981 | url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922544-1,00.html | access-date = 2 October 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090201133400/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922544-1,00.html | archive-date = 1 February 2009 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Forensic testing of the personnel involved showed that several tested positive for marijuana. While this was not found to have directly caused the crash, the investigation's findings prompted the introduction of mandatory drug testing of all service personnel.<ref>{{cite book |title=Drug Testing: Issues and Options |last1=Coombs |first1=Robert |last2=West |first2=Louis |year=1991 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |location=Oxford, United Kingdom |isbn=978-0-19-505414-9 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/drugtestingissue00coom/page/3 3–21] |url=https://archive.org/details/drugtestingissue00coom/page/3 |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Human Instability and Nuclear Weapons |first=Herbert |last=Abrams |newspaper= [[Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists]] |date=January 1987 |page=34}}</ref>

Pilots have been able to eject safely in several cases of ditched aircraft. However, fatal aircraft crashes have occurred; in 1994, Lieutenant [[Kara Hultgreen]], the first female F-14 Tomcat pilot, was killed while attempting to land on board ''Abraham Lincoln'' during a training exercise.<ref name="DANFS Abraham Lincoln"/>

Fires have also caused damage to the ships; in May 2008, while rotating through to her new homeport at [[United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka|Yokosuka Naval Base]] in [[Yokosuka, Japan]], ''George Washington'' suffered a fire that cost $70&nbsp;million in repairs, injured 37 sailors and led to the ship undergoing three months of repairs at San Diego; this led to its having to miss the 2008 [[RIMPAC]] exercises and delayed the final withdrawal from service of {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|6}}. The fire was caused by unauthorized smoking near improperly stored flammable refrigerant compressor oil.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/navy-relieves-top-officers-carrier-washington-after-fire |title=Two top Navy officers fired over $70 million carrier blaze |author=Dale Eisman |date=30 July 2008 |publisher=The Virginian-Pilot |access-date=19 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090826204135/http://hamptonroads.com/2008/07/navy-relieves-top-officers-carrier-washington-after-fire |archive-date=26 August 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Crew Faulted in Blaze on Carrier |first=Steve |last=Liewer |newspaper=[[San Diego Union-Tribune]] |date=7 October 2008 |url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081007/news_1m7carrier.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125200211/http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20081007/news_1m7carrier.html |archive-date=25 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/accidents.htm |title=Casualties: U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Personnel Killed and Injured in Selected Accidents and Other Incidents Not Directly the Result of Enemy Action |publisher=[[Naval Historical Center]] |access-date=13 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724061707/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/NHC/accidents.htm |archive-date=24 July 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>