Early 2016 was a horrible time to work at Bonaparte Pierce. It starts with the C-16 Program being a month behind schedule, the entire fleet of Bertha 3's needing rebuilds, and the SAR-77's returning around March for refits. Finally someone snapped, a 25Yr old James Kirkness hijacked an F-41 Hellcat. from the museum. The aircraft had been loaded with live rounds for a demonstrations the next day, in order to keep morale up. Instead, once in the air, the guns were trained on the fuel storage depot. The resulting fire killed 112 people and destroyed 4 aircraft, and was the single deadliest action by an F-41. However in a twist, an explosion from the fire roasted the elderly craft, sending it plummeting into the Star prototype. The resulting explosion killed another 2 people. It is unknown why Kirkness decided to do this, considering he was 1 of the few employees on a 40 hour week, but it is the single deadliest incident to occur on company grounds. Following this all company developments were frozen, and the SAR-77's still on the way were rerouted to the testing grounds. Following this the company spent almost its entire profits from 2015 on compensation for the family's of the victims. As the Iowa was almost complete, it would be shoved into service early in a desperate attempt to net some extra cash. Needless to say it worked, and a spectacular airshow was available for Christmas, featuring the last minute launch of the Star and official launch of the Iowa. However a memorial plaque can now be seen in every plane built after the incident, and a statue featuring a Hellcat and list of casualties was erected in memoriam at the Company entrance.