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MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.
The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes after the jetliner took off from John F. Kennedy Airport, killing all 230 people aboard.
The effort to reopen the probe is being made in tandem with the release next month of a documentary that features the testimony of former investigators who raise doubts about the National Transportation Safety Board's conclusion that the crash was caused by a center fuel tank explosion, probably caused by a spark from a short-circuit in the wiring.
"We don't know who fired the missile," said Jim Speer, an accident investigator for the Air Line Pilots Association, one of those seeking a new review of the probe. "But we have a lot more confidence that it was a missile."
In a petition filed Wednesday seeking to reopen the probe, they say they have "reviewed the FAA radar evidence along with new evidence not available to the NTSB during the official investigation and contend that the NTSB's probable cause determination is erroneous and should be reconsidered and modified accordingly."
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/former-twa-flight-800-investigators-want-new-probe
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)The company I worked for provided computer services for TWA, and a lot of our people came over from TWA, so they were affected emotionally by this incident.
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)Too many people's statements were completely discounted/ignored. Much like all the people on the Dealey Plaza lawn, including lawmen, who immediately ran and pointed toward the "Grassy Knoll", after JFK's head exploded on 11/22/63.
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)than having a plane explode because someone did something to it, shot at it. I'd rather have a crash be caused by a human than "I dunno, these things just happen".
frylock
(34,825 posts)i'm sure there are others that deal exclusively with the incident, but the chapter regarding flight 800 makes a pretty convincing case for a missile strike.
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