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TWA 800 What do you think actually happened?
Posted on 4/26/23 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 4/26/23 at 8:56 pm
Obviously the official cause supposedly was the spark in the fuel tank.
If that’s true how is that this doesn’t happen more often?
If that’s true how is that this doesn’t happen more often?
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Posted on 4/26/23 at 8:58 pm to Tempratt
The navy shot that fricker down.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 8:59 pm to Tempratt
Navy fricked up and shot it down, Occam’s Razor
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:00 pm to Tempratt
Yeah. Pretty obvious she was shot down by the Navy.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:05 pm to Tempratt
Shot down from Montauk by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:07 pm to Tempratt
Accidental shoot down. Covered up as usual by our 3 letter agencies.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:17 pm to Tempratt
I don't have an opinion as to if it was fumes and a spark or the Navy blasted it. Doesn't really matter now.
What stuck with me the most about this crash is the fact that the aircraft kept flying after the front 1/10th of the aircraft was severed. I can't imagine being one of the unfortunate people on that 4-6 minute ride knowing you're toast.
What stuck with me the most about this crash is the fact that the aircraft kept flying after the front 1/10th of the aircraft was severed. I can't imagine being one of the unfortunate people on that 4-6 minute ride knowing you're toast.
This post was edited on 4/26/23 at 9:22 pm
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:28 pm to Tempratt
shoe bomber
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:29 pm to Tempratt
frick THIS frickING TOPIC
Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day
Posted on 4/26/23 at 9:45 pm to Tempratt
No clue what actually happened, but we lost an amazing musician in Marcel Dadi who was on the flight. A wonderful human being and a hell of a guitar player.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 10:02 pm to Tempratt
The amount of people who saw something flashing towards it is pretty sus
Posted on 4/26/23 at 10:08 pm to Tempratt
Someone spontaneously combusted like in that one unsolved mystery episode and the plane blew up
Posted on 4/26/23 at 10:53 pm to Tempratt
Shot down. No other 747 in 26 years of active service before TW800 had the same issues.
And the fbi getting involved in the investigation for some reason. The recovered debris is sitting in a warehouse in Washington DC now.
And the fbi getting involved in the investigation for some reason. The recovered debris is sitting in a warehouse in Washington DC now.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 11:03 pm to Tempratt
If I remember correctly, there was a military helicopter, maybe from the Guard, and the pilot on board described a missile rising from the water and striking the plane. He was a very compelling witness.
Posted on 4/26/23 at 11:13 pm to Tempratt
I was pretty young at the time, but I vividly remember that morning as my mom found out she had a cousin on that plane along with her husband and baby.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 5:23 am to Tempratt
Perhaps it would have, but since that accident airliners have been equipped with nitrogen generating systems that pump nitrogen into the tanks to prevent a reoccurrence
Posted on 4/27/23 at 6:02 am to Tempratt
There was significant precedence in the military side prior to 1996- NTSB did not pull this out of their arse.Also, the AC unit near that tank had overheated the vapors. It was a accumulation of bad luck
ny times
On Dec. 10, 1993, a Wisconsin Air National Guard KC-135 blew up on the ground at Gen. Billy Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. Six maintenance personnel died.
An investigative board found "clear and convincing evidence" that an explosion in the plane's center fuel tank was triggered by sparking in a wire within the housing of a fuel pump. The electrical arc managed to enlarge a tiny vent hole in the housing, sending molten copper from the wire into the tank. Fuel vapors quickly ignited.
-- On Sept. 17, 1987, a KC-10 exploded at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Again, the cause was attributed to a fuel vapor explosion in the center fuel tank. One mechanic died.
Investigators found that fuel had leaked, and vapors probably had been ignited by arcing from a battery near the pump area for the tank.
Shortly after the incident, the Air Force ordered checks of all KC-10s and found a dozen similar leaks.
-- On July 24, 1989, at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, an Air Force B-52 bomber went up in flames, killing one person, after a refueling team mistakenly left a vent plug in the plane's center fuel tank. The plug caused too much vapor pressure to build. The tank ruptured, spilling 2,600 gallons of fuel onto the tarmac. Air Force investigators were unable to determine the ignition source.
-- On Oct. 4, 1990, an Air Force KC-135 tanker exploded during approach to Loring Air Force Base in Maine. That incident involved a rear aerial-refueling storage tank rather than the central fuel tank. Witnesses said they saw two explosions on the plane and then saw the tail section separate from the aircraft. Investigators blamed the accident, which killed all four crew members, on a fuel pump that overheated to at least 1,400 degrees.
-- In another rear-tank incident, on Sept. 20, 1989, a KC-135 assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard exploded on the ground at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Two people died. The accident was attributed to a malfunction of a refueling pump, which set off vapors in a rear tank.
ny times
On Dec. 10, 1993, a Wisconsin Air National Guard KC-135 blew up on the ground at Gen. Billy Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. Six maintenance personnel died.
An investigative board found "clear and convincing evidence" that an explosion in the plane's center fuel tank was triggered by sparking in a wire within the housing of a fuel pump. The electrical arc managed to enlarge a tiny vent hole in the housing, sending molten copper from the wire into the tank. Fuel vapors quickly ignited.
-- On Sept. 17, 1987, a KC-10 exploded at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Again, the cause was attributed to a fuel vapor explosion in the center fuel tank. One mechanic died.
Investigators found that fuel had leaked, and vapors probably had been ignited by arcing from a battery near the pump area for the tank.
Shortly after the incident, the Air Force ordered checks of all KC-10s and found a dozen similar leaks.
-- On July 24, 1989, at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, an Air Force B-52 bomber went up in flames, killing one person, after a refueling team mistakenly left a vent plug in the plane's center fuel tank. The plug caused too much vapor pressure to build. The tank ruptured, spilling 2,600 gallons of fuel onto the tarmac. Air Force investigators were unable to determine the ignition source.
-- On Oct. 4, 1990, an Air Force KC-135 tanker exploded during approach to Loring Air Force Base in Maine. That incident involved a rear aerial-refueling storage tank rather than the central fuel tank. Witnesses said they saw two explosions on the plane and then saw the tail section separate from the aircraft. Investigators blamed the accident, which killed all four crew members, on a fuel pump that overheated to at least 1,400 degrees.
-- In another rear-tank incident, on Sept. 20, 1989, a KC-135 assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard exploded on the ground at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. Two people died. The accident was attributed to a malfunction of a refueling pump, which set off vapors in a rear tank.
This post was edited on 4/27/23 at 6:04 am
Posted on 4/27/23 at 6:18 am to Tempratt
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spark in the fuel tank.
I bet a navy launched rocket could cause a fuel tank to spark.
Posted on 4/27/23 at 6:35 am to Tempratt
This is my number 1 conspiracy theory of all time.
I never bought the spark theory
I never bought the spark theory
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