Jack cahill did yeoman work on this at the time and was ignored
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The non-story a few weeks ago - that the terrorists have missiles capable of bringing down a plane - should be no shock to anyone. They’ve had them at least since TWA 800 was shot down.
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1. Do we have explosives chemical residue from any of the wreckage consistent with a bomb going off? Both C4 and Semtex plastique explosives leave behind a distinctive chemical residue after the explosion.
2. Do we have any warhead fragmentation pattern consistent with the explosion of the warhead from a MANPAD portable surface-to-air missile?
If these clues are not found, that rules out an act of terrorism in the loss of Flight 800.
A lot of us said bullsh!t at the time and were called tinfoil hat types.Typical.No lawsuits against Boeing over the gastanks.
Of course it was shot down.
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I’ve never believed it was a spark in the fuel tank. All the sparks in the world will not ignite anything without the proper mix of fuel AND OXYGEN.
The best part of TWA 800 investigation was the CIA animation that shows:
#1 aircraft explosion
#2 aircraft cracks in half
#3 two halves of aircraft CLIMB another 2,000 feet
#4 both halves of aircraft change their mind after climbing 2,000 feet and decided to descend toward the water
I remember watching TV right after the crash. One of the networks showed a video from a wedding, and you could clearly see in the background a flame ascending towards the plane and then the explosion.
The reporter even pointed it out. It was shown exactly once. Mr G and I kept asking why it was never shown again.
That was one of many episodes during the Clinton years in which “the investigation *was* the cover-up”.
They were masters at it. Having a press corps devoid of curiosity helps, as does an opposition party devoid of moral courage.
From the Downside Legacy concerning TWA800:
The RAM missiles wouldn't impact leaving rocket fuel everywhere but rather would uncoil outside like super high speed barbed wire, ripping and shredding and eventually precipitating an explosion. Not only that, it would be the logical selection for an easy target close to a populated area. So far the wreckage information, the maps, the radar … all are fitting this hypothesis extremely well!
Bkmk 6/18/13...
In the days after TW800 went down, I was sitting in the "green room" of a Fox studio one morning awaiting production (I was writing a show for Fox Sports at the time).
Fox News was showing footage of the retrieval of the wreckage. There was a barge and a crain.
At one point, the crain pulled up a fuselage section that was about 25-30 ft long and 10-12 ft deep. As it emerged from the water, the initial view was from the inside out.
Below the windows was a hole -- almost perfectly round, but slightly oval, as if something round -- about the size of a telephone pole had entered the hull. The metal on the edges was bent inward.
As the wreckage further emerged, it pivoted 180 degrees so that I was then looking at the exterior of the fuselage. The windows were toward the top, the two red stripes were beneath them. And the hole on this side -- again slightly oval -- was perfectly smooth around the edges, just below the bottom red stripe. Based on this one visual, I have never believed the official story about a "fuel-air" explosion. Was it a missile? I don't know. As I understand it, most A/A missiles explode outside the airplane.
But something round penetrated that hull.
I believe Al Gore oversaw the investigation and report.
Did any terrorist group claim responsibility?
Bump for the morning crowd. Interesting thread. Interesting timing.