Fuel tank fears linger 11 years after TWA 800 crash

Newsday ^ | Laura Rivera

[coloradan]

How does inerting tanks prevent against SAMs again?

[Wolfie]

Is that you Ron Paul?

[Fast Ed97]

Sorry..but I don’t believe the whole truth has been disclosed regarding TWA 800 or the Oklahoma City bombing.

[InterceptPoint]

"It's like they're waiting for another fuel tank to explode before they act," said Hurd, vice president of the Families of TWA Flight 800 Association.

It's going to be a long wait - unless some surface to air missile makes a direct strike on a 747 fuel tank.

[bmwcyle]

They are going to wait a long time for the fuel tank to blow. I don’t think it will ever happen again.

[coloradan]

No, but I think Hall950 just might be _Jim.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Fuel tank fears hoax linger(s) 11 years after TWA 800 crash

[Old_Mil]

A good summary of what really happened.

[mware]

The only reason they need to fear the fuel tanks is if a missle hits them.

[agere_contra]

he urges airline industry groups to outfit airplanes with a device that would have prevented the explosion that killed his son

A flare dispenser.

[AmericaUnited]

Yet 11 years after the center fuel tank of TWA Flight 800 caught fire, killing 230 people, the Federal Aviation Administration still does not require commercial jetliners to carry devices to make the fuel in their tanks inert,

That because they know this is phonier than a three dollar bill.

[Raycpa]

Good angle. What better way to get truth out than to force industry to spend billions on something unnecessary.

[blues_guitarist]

Yeah, those "fuel tanks" are a Biotch!!

[massgopguy]

If the fuel is inert, how’s the thing supposed to take off and fly. The report also said it was fumes in the empty main fuel tank that ignited. When was the last time an Intercontinental Flight mad it across the ocean with an empty main fuel tank?

[GBA]

I have no problem with safety. But, I do have problems with the way the investigation was done and with the information the investigators chose to not include. I am not saying that a frayed low voltage (high current?) wire could not have caused a fuel tank explosion. The military recognizes the potential and uses nitrogen systems to prevent f.t. explosions.

However, they are very rare in commercial and private aircraft, even in piston aircraft which use a much more volitile fuel. For that matter, they are rare even in automobiles which also use a more volitial fuel than a jet.

What I am saying is that, in the age of Islamic terror and during a Clinton administration which chose to ignore it and which also had so many questionable events with even more questionable explanations, the official cause of Flt 800's demise is more difficult to believe.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

“Fuel tank fears hoax linger(s) 11 years after TWA 800 crash”

Agreed! Thank you!

[Responsibility2nd]

Or the OU Suicide Bomber either.

[Non-Sequitur]

When was the last time an Intercontinental Flight mad it across the ocean with an empty main fuel tank?

Happens all the time. A 747-100 like the one that blew up has a range in excess of 5500 miles and it makes sense only to fill it up with the amount of fuel necessary for the trip. The plane in question had just completed a non-stop Athens to New York trip. By comparison the 3500 mile New York to Paris flight was a short trip. It's not surprising at all that some fuel tanks that had been emptied on the earlier longer flight wouldn't be filled for the later shorter one.

[Responsibility2nd]

Anytime these TWA 800 threads come up, I always say this...

You cannot discuss the cover-up of TWA 800 without refering to Jack Cashill

http://www.cashill.com/twa800/index.htm