Difference between revisions of "TWA Flight 800"

From Conservapedia
Jump to: navigation, search
(The aircraft, a Boeing 747, is one three Boeing jets since 1990 to fall victim to apparently spontaneous CWT explosions.)
m (that)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''TWA Flight 800''' was an airliner which exploded and crashed with no survivors off Long Island on July 17, 1996. The National Transportation Safety Board found the crash was caused by an explosion of the Center Wing Tank, possibly triggered by an electrical short.
+
'''TWA Flight 800''' was an airliner which exploded and crashed with no survivors off Long Island on July 17, 1996. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the crash was caused by the explosion of the Center Wing Tank, possibly triggered by an electrical short.
  
 
The aircraft, a Boeing 747, is one three Boeing jets since 1990 to fall victim to apparently spontaneous CWT explosions. The fuel tank of a Philippine Airlines Boeing 737 exploded in Manila in 1990 and the tank of a Thai Airways International B737 exploded in Bangkok in 2001. In all three cases, the tanks had been emptied and contained only gasoline vapor and residual fuel. All three aircraft exploded on warm summer days. Since 2008, the Federal Aviation Administration has required inerting systems to address this problem.<ref>Evans, David, "[https://www.aviationtoday.com/2001/06/01/safety-in-avionics-time-to-stop-fuel-tank-explosions/ Safety in Avionics: Time to Stop Fuel Tank Explosions]", ''Avionic International'', June 1, 2001.</ref>
 
The aircraft, a Boeing 747, is one three Boeing jets since 1990 to fall victim to apparently spontaneous CWT explosions. The fuel tank of a Philippine Airlines Boeing 737 exploded in Manila in 1990 and the tank of a Thai Airways International B737 exploded in Bangkok in 2001. In all three cases, the tanks had been emptied and contained only gasoline vapor and residual fuel. All three aircraft exploded on warm summer days. Since 2008, the Federal Aviation Administration has required inerting systems to address this problem.<ref>Evans, David, "[https://www.aviationtoday.com/2001/06/01/safety-in-avionics-time-to-stop-fuel-tank-explosions/ Safety in Avionics: Time to Stop Fuel Tank Explosions]", ''Avionic International'', June 1, 2001.</ref>

Revision as of 16:19, July 7, 2019

TWA Flight 800 was an airliner which exploded and crashed with no survivors off Long Island on July 17, 1996. The National Transportation Safety Board found that the crash was caused by the explosion of the Center Wing Tank, possibly triggered by an electrical short.

The aircraft, a Boeing 747, is one three Boeing jets since 1990 to fall victim to apparently spontaneous CWT explosions. The fuel tank of a Philippine Airlines Boeing 737 exploded in Manila in 1990 and the tank of a Thai Airways International B737 exploded in Bangkok in 2001. In all three cases, the tanks had been emptied and contained only gasoline vapor and residual fuel. All three aircraft exploded on warm summer days. Since 2008, the Federal Aviation Administration has required inerting systems to address this problem.[1]

Although the Clinton Administration declared the cause of the explosion to be accidental, numerous eyewitnesses saw what appeared to be a missile strike the jet.

  • Witnesses, many on the ground, reported seeing a bright object "streaking" towards the 747. The object in question turned in midair as it closed on the jumbo jet. Witnesses reported horizontal travel, as well as vertical.[2]

One theory states the flight was brought down by a Stinger missile supplied to the Afghan mujihadeen during the Anti-Soviet jihad of the 1980s and smuggled back into the United State. The bin Laden network and Iran, responsible for the World Trade Center bombing, Khobar Towers bombing, and attack on the USS Cole about the same time, may have been involved.[3]

References