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To: Rokke
The raw data from the flight data recorder was published on the net by the NTSB at one point (it has since been removed). When asked about the funny readings in the last second of the recording, they at first claimed that it was left over from the plane's previous flight. Then it was pointed out publicly that the data perfectly recorded an overpressure created by an ordnance explosion near the front of the plane. Then the NTSB removed the data from its site.

Note for non-pilots: The airspeed, altitude and rate of climb instruments on an aircraft are all variants of simple air pressure sensors. The readings can be (and were) analyzed back to the actual air pressures causing those readings. The readings of the last second of the flight recorded an air pressure (overpressure) higher than any that exists in nature and could only have been caused by an explosion external to the plane. Those readings could not even have been recorded by the recorder if an explosion of the center fuel tank was the initial event, since the explosion itself would have instantaneously severed the wires connecting the several sensors with the data recorder, which is located in the rear of the plane.

123 posted on 03/03/2002 4:14:21 PM PST by Magician
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To: Magician
"The raw data from the flight data recorder was published on the net by the NTSB at one point (it has since been removed)."

It is still depicted graphically on their site here: http://www.ntsb.gov/events/TWA800/exhibits/Ex_10A.pdf (pg 52)

"the data perfectly recorded an overpressure created by an ordnance explosion near the front of the plane."

Based on a comparison to what data? I'm not saying there isn't data out there showing what an overpressure from an ordnance explosion looks like on an FDR...I'm just wondering where it is. Interestingly, every parameter recorded by the FDR spikes in the last second it is recording. Not just the pressure instruments. That includes things like the mic switch position, the flight control positions, aircraft heading etc, which might indicate an electrical surge to the FDR causing a faulty record as it shut down.

134 posted on 03/03/2002 6:50:47 PM PST by Rokke
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