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The wreckage of the Boeing 747-100 of Trans World Airlines, which exploded in
the air shortly after departure from New York, is finally destroyed after 25
years. Now the 1,600 hull parts fished from the sea still form a macabre
puzzle, which helped to determine the cause.
 
Flight TW800 was leaving for Paris on the evening of July 17, 1996, when it
exploded mid-air and plunged into the sea. On board were 212 passengers and 18
crew members. They all perished.
 
The crash sparked much speculation. For example, it was claimed that the
aircraft was the target of a bomb attack, or that it had been shot down by
missiles.
 
By salvaging as much wreckage as possible and reconstructing most of the
Boeing 747 in a hangar, researchers from the FAA and NTSB found that a short
circuit had led to an explosion in the central fuel tank in the wing.
 
Since then, the ill-fated plane has been kept protected from the general
public in a large hangar. It served as a training object to train new
researchers, and relatives could also come by to commemorate their loved ones
who had died in the disaster.
 
According to American media, it has now been decided to permanently destroy
the wreck, 25 years after the crash. According to the NTSB, visitors are less
and less, and the Boeing 747-100 is no longer needed for training purposes.
 
Also in the plane crash with flight MH17, which also took place on 17 July -
but then in 2014 - researchers used a 'puzzle': the cockpit section of the
Boeing 777 of Malaysia Airlines was carefully assembled to investigate how the
Russian BUK missile led to the explosion of the aircraft.
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Read more ...
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800
 
http://www.beaglebass.com/ana/index_main.htm

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