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Wreckage of fatal TWA Flight 800 to be destroyed 25 years after crash
New York Post ^ | February 24, 2021 | Tamar Lapin

Posted on 02/24/2021 5:54:48 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

The wreckage of TWA Flight 800 is set to be destroyed — nearly 25 years after the doomed aircraft crashed off the coast of Long Island, killing all 230 people on board.

For the last two decades, the reconstructed Boeing 747 has been housed in a Virginia hangar and used by the National Transportation Safety Board as a training tool for accident investigators.

But the federal agency on Monday announced it planned to decommission and destroy the wreckage, as its lease on the 30,000-square-foot Ashburn warehouse is set to expire.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: 202102; aviation; bojinka; coverup; flight800; foilfreepers; frflatearthers; gregoryscarpa; gregscarpa; khalidsheikhmohammad; ksm; ramziyousef; scarpa; scarpajr; twa; twa800; twaflight800; twaflt800; yousef
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To: T.B. Yoits

it was either the Navy, or an accident. Not really another option.


41 posted on 02/24/2021 7:21:35 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: piasa

Ramzi Yousef is the nephew of al Qaeda 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammad.


42 posted on 02/24/2021 7:22:08 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa

Ramzi Yousef, Bojinka plotter and nephew of KSM, was in jail with Mafia man Scarpa Jr., and bragged to him about various ways to bring down an airliner.

The Bojinka conspirators tested one method on a flight and blew up a Japanese passenger on board a flight over the Pacific.


43 posted on 02/24/2021 7:27:01 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: ConservativeStatement

KSM hasn’t even been brought to trial yet for 9/11.


44 posted on 02/24/2021 7:28:31 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: bigdaddy45
it was either the Navy, or an accident. Not really another option.

Or someone didn't want someone or something leaving the country on that plane and shot it down intentionally. The GAO admitted to losing accountability on exported Stinger missiles.

45 posted on 02/24/2021 7:28:38 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: piasa

Coronavirus Delays Long-Stalled Trial of 9/11 Mastermind, 4 Accomplices
9/11/2020, 10:31:20 PM · by BeauBo · 2 replies
Breitbart ^ | 11 Sep 2020 | EDWIN MORA
The Chinese coronavirus pandemic has once again delayed the long-awaited death penalty trial of the self-professed 9/11 mastermind and his four co-conspirators held at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, the judge handling the cases revealed recently. Justice remains elusive nearly two decades after the jihadis executed the attack that left about 3,000 people dead and over 6,000 injured, marking the deadliest assault on U.S. soil. U.S. officials charged the late Osama bin Laden’s close ally Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) alongside his nephew, Ammar al-Baluchi, accused hijacking trainer Walid bin Attash, facilitator Ramzi bin al-Shibh, and al-Qaeda money...


46 posted on 02/24/2021 7:28:47 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Knocker

Having flown the 747, and the JFK-CDG route, the center fuel tanks (the one that exploded) would normally be empty. The center tank is the last filled and first emptied. This is the same for all Boeing’s. Paris is a relatively short flight - 7:00 hours. The wing tanks had plenty of room for the necessary fuel.


47 posted on 02/24/2021 7:31:51 PM PST by ALPAPilot
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To: Vendome

There is literally no way that enough oxygen could have entered that center fuel tank to explode because of a spark. No way. And besides, the explosion would have been more of a rupture than an explosion that would have ripped the tank open where the aircraft would rapidly be torn apart but would not have blown the front of the aircraft off.


48 posted on 02/24/2021 7:32:00 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (DemocRats would burn the country to the ground to be absolute rulers over the ashes.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

So let me get this straight. Right in the middle of a Navy exercise, somebody (NOT the Navy) floats in with a stinger missile and shoots down an airliner? And then floats away Scot free With no one noticing?


49 posted on 02/24/2021 7:33:22 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: bigdaddy45

The FWD cargo door opened in flight. Look up UA 811. The exact same spot except it made it back to earth in one piece. If you look at 800 wreckage photos you will see the paint transference above the windows.


50 posted on 02/24/2021 7:34:43 PM PST by USAF80
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To: bigdaddy45
So let me get this straight. Right in the middle of a Navy exercise, somebody (NOT the Navy) floats in with a stinger missile and shoots down an airliner? And then floats away Scot free With no one noticing?

Unless the Navy's job was to control which boats were allowed in and which were kept away.

51 posted on 02/24/2021 7:37:05 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

ORRRR... maybe this was a pre-9/11 Osama Bin Laden job. And the Navy let him in and out of the area. You may be on to something.


52 posted on 02/24/2021 7:40:01 PM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: thepoodlebites

Actually if the nose went first (no fire damage and on radar plus debris field) Then the Zoom climb has merit. You lose a couple of tone of the nose you will pitch up. Foreign Objects ejected for the cargo compartment and cabin damaged the engines (engine damage) and started the fire. The first fireball was the CTR wing and the second lower down was the LH wing I think. (eyewitness testimonies)

The Eastwind pilots all verified that 800 was in flames and climbing.


53 posted on 02/24/2021 7:42:30 PM PST by USAF80
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To: ALPAPilot

Since you’re a 747 pilot, what is your opinion of 800?


54 posted on 02/24/2021 7:48:38 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: piasa

Stinger missile off a boat.
Yousseff was bragging about taking down a bunch of planes.


55 posted on 02/24/2021 7:50:29 PM PST by hercuroc
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To: NWFree

What? You’re telling me that the CIA, an agency known for lying and deception doesnt do airline crash videos?


56 posted on 02/24/2021 7:53:40 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (Sarcasm. It's my only natural defense against stupidity)
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To: Bubba Ho-Tep

Hpthey tried. Found explosive residue on the seats. Some guy stole a patch to have it analyzed and wound up in big trouble.


57 posted on 02/24/2021 8:01:52 PM PST by The MAGA-Deplorian (Sarcasm. It's my only natural defense against stupidity)
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To: NWFree

U.S. Navy ships firing missiles in exercises use a telemetry package in place of the warhead.
They have special TLM recording equipment and operators onboard.
Every expenditure of ammo on a ship generates an ATR - ammunition transaction report.
What’s the likelihood hundreds of active duty Sailors and dozens of tech reps would assist in a cover-up? ZERO.


58 posted on 02/24/2021 8:29:48 PM PST by GreyHoundSailor
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To: dragnet2

In my opinion, the center fuel tank explosion is much more plausible than the missile theory. There have been at least three center wing tank explosions and Boeing has developed and deployed nitrogen inserting systems in their aircraft.


59 posted on 02/24/2021 8:34:43 PM PST by ALPAPilot
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To: ConservativeStatement
I find conspiracy theories interesting to read. This is my #1 that I don't believe the official story. No way this was a center fuel tank explosion. It was shot down. It might have been our Navy, it might have been bad actors. Not sure what to believe there. But I do not believe the center fuel tank story.

The other thing to consider is the Olympics were about to start with the world flying into the USA. Couldn't have everybody freaked out about planes getting shot down. So give Boeing a bunch of money, and let them take the hit.

60 posted on 02/24/2021 8:41:06 PM PST by Pappy Smear
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