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[1]:258–259 Testing conducted by the FAA's Technical Center indicated that residues of the type of explosives found on the wreckage would dissipate completely after two days of immersion in sea water (almost all recovered wreckage was immersed longer than two days). Der Untersuchungsausschuss des NTSB, des FBI und der CIA erklärte, dass der Absturz durch eine Explosion des zentralen Mitteltanks ausgelöst wurde. [7][8] The report's conclusion was that the probable cause of the accident was explosion of flammable fuel vapors in the center fuel tank. Thus the gauge anomaly could have been caused by a short to the FQIS wiring. [28], Search and recovery operations were conducted by federal, state, and local agencies, as well as government contractors. [2][3][4] Consequently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and New York Police Department Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) initiated a parallel criminal investigation. TWA Flight 800 präsentiert die erstaunliche Geschichte eines Absturzes, einer Vertuschung und einer 15 Jahre dauernden Wahrheitssuche. As of 2005[update], NTSB and FBI personnel conduct joint exercises. I was actually supposed to be * on * TWA Flight 800, but fortunately I changed my mind and took an earlier flight. The Attorney General is empowered to declare an investigation to be linked to a criminal act, and require the NTSB to relinquish control of the investigation to the FBI. Six months into the investigation, the NTSB's chairman, Jim Hall, was quoted as saying, "All three theories—a bomb, a missile, or mechanical failure—remain. The new statutory language and the MOU have improved coordination between the NTSB and FBI since the TWA flight 800 accident. [1]:118 These samples were submitted to the FBI's laboratory in Washington, D.C., which determined that one sample contained traces of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX), another nitroglycerin, and the third a combination of RDX and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);[1]:118 these findings received much media attention at the time. [1]:3 There was intense public interest in these witness reports and much speculation that the reported streak of light was a missile that had struck TWA 800, causing the airplane to explode. Am 17. 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At the time of the accident the aircraft was 25 years old, by no means a spring chicken but … [58][59] The reconstructed aircraft was used to train accident investigators until it was decommissioned and destroyed in 2021. [1]:xvi Problems with the aircraft's wiring were found, including evidence of arcing in the Fuel Quantity Indication System (FQIS) wiring that enters the tank. [1]:259 The NTSB concluded that it was "quite possible" that the explosive residue detected was transferred from military ships or ground vehicles, or the clothing and boots of military personnel, onto the wreckage during or after the recovery operation and was not present when the aircraft crashed into the water. Sekunden vor dem Unglück Staffel 2, Folge 10. [1]:273–274 Since none of the recovered CWT wreckage exhibited these damage characteristics, and none of the areas of missing wreckage were large enough to encompass all the expected damage, the investigation concluded that this scenario was "very unlikely. [41]:165[43]:184, Within days of the crash the NTSB announced its intent to form its own witness group and to interview witnesses to the crash. Steven Synder was in charge of the flight, with First Officer Ralph G. Kevorkian by his side. [27] In the case of TWA 800, the FBI initiated a parallel criminal investigation alongside the NTSB's accident investigation. 26, p. 91), Primary radar returns that appeared near the TWA 800 after 8:31:12 pm. [1]:4–5[note 1][12][13][note 2], The ground-maintenance crew locked out the thrust reverser for engine #3 (treated as a minimum equipment list item) because of technical problems with the thrust reverser sensors during the landing of TWA 881 at JFK, prior to Flight 800's departure. [1]:279, Although the NTSB had already reached the conclusion that a missile strike did not cause the structural failure of the airplane, the possibility that a missile could have exploded close enough to TWA 800 for a missile fragment to have entered the CWT and ignited the fuel/air vapor, yet far enough away not to have left any damage characteristic of a missile strike, was considered. [7][8], Mehrere Ermittler des NTSB bekräftigten im Juli 2013 auf einer Pressekonferenz ihre Überzeugung, „dass es weder eine Bombe noch eine Rakete gab.“[9]. TWA 800, a Boeing 747 -131, was a scheduled international passenger flight from New York City, New York to Rome, Italy, with a stopover in Paris, France. In November 1996, the FBI agreed to allow the NTSB access to summaries of witness accounts in which personally identifying information had been redacted and to conduct a limited number of witness interviews. On June 19, 2013, the NTSB acknowledged in a press release that they received a petition for reconsideration of its investigation into the July 17, 1996, crash of TWA Flight 800. [1]:261 There were 50 US gal (190 L) of fuel in the CWT of TWA 800;[48] tests recreating the conditions of the flight showed the combination of liquid fuel and fuel/air vapor to be flammable. [1]:118 According to the seat manufacturer, the locations and appearance of this substance were consistent with adhesive used in the construction of the seats, and additional laboratory testing by NASA identified the substance as being consistent with adhesives. The captain commented on the "crazy" readings of the number 4 engine fuel flow gauge about 2 1/2 minutes before the CVR recording ended. [1]:87–89 None of these contacts intersected TWA 800's position at any time. [29]:3[39]:5[37]:1–2 Under constant and considerable pressure to identify victims with minimal delay,[30]:3 pathologists worked non-stop. TWA Flight 800 grabbed the world’s attention when shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in July 1996, the Paris-bound Boeing 747 … [1]:65–74 The green zone with the aft portion of the aircraft was located the furthest along the flight path. Each agency can call upon the others laboratories and other assets. [1]:272 Computer simulations using missile performance data simulated a missile detonating in a location such that a fragment from the warhead could penetrate the CWT. • "Flug TWA 800 - Explosion vor Long Island" (Originaltitel: "TWA 800"). I even leave a final note to my friends and loved ones on the kitchen counter before I leave. [1]:93 In addition, the records indicated that the closest area scheduled for military use, warning area W-387A/B, was 160 nautical miles (296 km; 184 mi) south. In addition, 16 students and 5 adult chaperones from the French Club of the Montoursville Area High School in Pennsylvania were on board. Flight 800 was actually a training flight for Kevorkian and he was seated in the captain's (left) seat. 25, p. 90), Three sequences of primary returns near TWA 800 that were only recorded by the Islip radar.[1](fig. [1]:290 The NTSB concluded that the most likely source of sufficient voltage to cause ignition was a short from damaged wiring, or within electrical components of the FQIS. [42]:5 Witnesses were not asked to review or correct the summaries. July 17, 1997 - First anniversary of crash of TWA Flight 800 off New York, in which 230 people died.Graphic shows reconstruction of TWA Flight 800, destroyed by an explosion in the centre fuel tank caused by a build-up of fuel vapour. [citation needed], In order for the FQIS to have been Flight 800's ignition source, a transfer of higher-than-normal voltage to the FQIS would have needed to occur, as well as some mechanism whereby the excess energy was released by the FQIS wiring into the CWT. These plugs were blown out following the explosion of Flight 800. 27, p. 92), Trace amounts of explosive residue were detected on three samples of material from three separate locations of the recovered airplane wreckage (described by the FBI as a piece of canvas-like material and two pieces of a floor panel). [9], The accident airplane, registration N93119, (Boeing 747-131) was manufactured by Boeing in July 1971; it had been ordered by Eastern Air Lines, but after Eastern canceled its 747 orders, the plane was purchased new by Trans World Airlines. A few minutes into the flight, the aircraft exploded, snapping the plane into two large parts, roughly separating the cockpit from the fuselage. [1]:137, In order to better determine whether a fuel/air vapor explosion in the CWT would generate sufficient pressure to break apart the fuel tank and lead to the destruction of the airplane, tests were conducted in July and August 1997, using a retired Air France 747 at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, England. The memorial includes landscaped grounds, flags from the 13 countries of the victims, and a curved Cambrian Black granite memorial with the names engraved on one side and an illustration on the other of a wave releasing 230 seagulls. [62], The crash of TWA Flight 800, and that of ValuJet Flight 592 earlier in 1996, prompted Congress to pass the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996 as part of the federal aviation appropriations bill. When the explosion occurred, some may have had a sudden panic attack for maybe one or two seconds. [1]:1 All 230 people on board died in the crash; it is the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. The Board determined that the probable cause of the TWA 800 accident was:[1]:308. The design and certification concept that fuel tank explosions could be prevented solely by precluding all ignition sources. No nothing. [1]:272–279 After analysis the investigation determined that these potential sources were "very unlikely" to have been the source of ignition. [54] In 2014, the NTSB declined the petition to reopen the investigation. could have biased interviewees' responses in some cases. The certification of the Boeing 747 with heat sources located beneath the CWT with no means to reduce the heat transferred into the CWT or to render the fuel tank vapor non-combustible. The NTSB did not wish to renew the lease on the hangar it was using to store the re-assembled accident debris, and decided it should be disposed of. [1]:367 The cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder were recovered by U.S. Navy divers one week after the accident; they were immediately shipped to the NTSB laboratory in Washington, D.C., for readout. Information uncovered in early 1999 now shows that TWA Flight 800 could have been shot down by one or more shoulder-fired missiles. [1]:65 The yellow zone, red zone, and green zone contained wreckage from front, center, and rear sections of the airplane, respectively. [4], Am 23. Am Wrack hängen miteinander verknäulte, beschädigte Kabel[2], Die Karte zeigt die Bereiche der roten, gelben und grünen Zonen[3], Die Zonen entsprechen bestimmten Bereichen des Flugzeuges[3], Der Weg, den das Wrack auf dem Weg in den Ozean nahm[3]. On the day of the accident, the airplane departed from Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece as TWA Flight 881 and arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) about 4:38pm. ``I don’t think anybody was conscious as they fell from 13,000 feet to the water. [1]:259, Although it was unable to determine the exact source of the trace amounts of explosive residue found on the wreckage, the lack of any other corroborating evidence associated with a high-energy explosion led the NTSB to conclude that "the in-flight breakup of TWA flight 800 was not initiated by a bomb or missile strike. ATC recording (courtesy Allec Joshua Ibay), John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, surge tank fire that destroyed a 747 near Madrid in 1976, AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services, "In-flight Breakup Over the Atlantic Ocean Trans World Airlines Flight 800 Boeing 747-131, N93119 Near East Moriches, New York July 17, 1996", "Investigators Focus Closely on Terrorism As Cause of Explosion: Chemicals Found on Jet Victims, U.S. Reports", "Terror on Flight 800: Who wishes us ill? Am 17. [1]:261 While the NTSB acknowledged that the test conditions at Bruntingthorpe were not fully comparable to the conditions that existed on TWA 800 at the time of the accident,[1]:261 previous fuel explosions in the CWTs of commercial airliners such as Avianca Flight 203 and Philippine Airlines Flight 143 confirmed that a CWT explosion could break apart the fuel tank and lead to the destruction of an airplane. [1]:89, The NTSB addressed allegations that the Islip radar data showed groups of military surface targets converging in a suspicious manner in an area around the accident, and that a 30-knot radar track, never identified and 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) from the crash site, was involved in foul play, as evidenced by its failure to divert from its course and assist with the search and rescue operations. [42]:6 After the FBI raised concerns about non-governmental parties in the NTSB's investigation having access to this information and possible prosecutorial difficulties resulting from multiple interviews of the same witness,[42]:6 the NTSB deferred and did not interview witnesses to the crash. [30]:2, With lines of authority unclear, differences in agendas and culture between the FBI and NTSB resulted in discord. "[1]:2 A loud noise recorded on the last few tenths of a second of the CVR was similar to the last noises recorded from other airplanes that had experienced in-flight breakups. [49]:6, As the investigation progressed, the NTSB decided to form a witness group to more fully address the accounts of witnesses. [1]:85, Because there was no evidence that an explosive device detonated in this (or any other) area of the airplane, this overpressure event could only have been caused by a fuel/air explosion in the CWT. This authority includes interviewing witnesses. The NTSB and the FBI have designated liaisons to ensure that information flows between agencies, and to coordinate on-scene operations. "[1]:265 In addition, 18 witnesses reported seeing a streak of light that originated at the surface, or the horizon, which did not "appear to be consistent with the airplane's calculated flightpath and other known aspects of the accident sequence. [39]:1 The FBI, from the start assuming that a criminal act had occurred,[39]:3 saw the NTSB as indecisive. Dieser Dokumentarfilm lüftet endlich den Schleier vom umstrittensten Flugzeugabsturz in der Geschichte der Fliegerei und zeigt die Beweise, die deutlich machen, was zum Absturz des Flugzeugs führte. and "How long did the missile fly?" August 1996 erschien ein Artikel in der New York Times, in dem berichtet wurde, dass Spuren von PETN, einer Chemikalie, wie sie in Sprengstoffen und Boden-Luft-Raketen verwendet wird, zwischen den Fluggastreihen 17 und 27 gefunden wurde. [30]:3 Ultimately, remains of all 230 victims were recovered and identified, the last over 10 months after the crash. 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Jetliner Explosion", "NTSB Board Meeting on TWA 800 August 22, 2000, Morning Session", "For Crash Victims' Families, A Painful Return to Routine", "Victims Knew Jet Was In Trouble Airport Inn Becomes Heartbreak Hotel Again", "Hotel Near JFK Airport is Familiar With Airline Tragedy", "A Heartbreak Hotel for Kin They wait, Weep at JFK Ramada", "Navy Retrieves 2 'Black Boxes' From Sea Floor", "Airliner Bombings Are Reviewed For Similarities to T.W.A. TWA Flight 800 – Wreckage of the front portion of the Boeing 747 aircraft is displayed in its reconstructed state on November 19, 1997, in Calverton, Long Island, New York. The MOU states that: “[t]his procedure is intended…to ensure that neither NTSB nor FBI investigative activity unnecessarily complicates or compromises the other agency’s investigation. Captain Kevorkian had over 18,800 flight hours, including 5,490 hours on the Boeing 747. In July 2006, an abstract black granite statue of a 10-foot-high (3.0 m) lighthouse was added above a tomb holding many of the victims' personal belongings. [1]:93 None of these sequences intersected TWA 800's position at any time either. Klimaanlage: The NTSB concluded that "the ignition energy for the CWT explosion most likely entered the CWT through the FQIS wiring. The FBI conducted a covert dredging operation for stinger missile parts between November 1996 and April 1997. "[1]:274, The NTSB also investigated whether the fuel/air mixture in the CWT could have been ignited by lightning strike, meteor strike, auto-ignition or hot surface ignition, a fire migrating to the CWT from another fuel tank via the vent system, an uncontained engine failure, a turbine burst in the air conditioning packs beneath the CWT, a malfunctioning CWT jettison/override pump, a malfunctioning CWT scavenger pump, or static electricity. As a result of the investigation, new requirements were developed for aircraft to prevent future fuel tank explosions. [60], On July 18, 2008, the Secretary of Transportation visited the facility and announced a final rule designed to prevent accidents caused by fuel-tank explosions. Flight engineer trainee Krick was seated in the flight engineer's seat (being monitored by Flight Engineer/Check Airman Campbell) and was the least experienced of the crew; having logged 2,520 flight hours, but with only 30 of them on the Boeing 747. In 1996, few U.S. government websites were updated daily, but the United States Navy's crash website was constantly updated and had detailed information about the salvage of the crash site. Der Bug stürzte direkt nach der Explosion ab, der Rest des Rumpfes mit den Tragflächen und den noch laufenden Triebwerken stieg weitere 30 Sekunden steil in die Höhe und stürzte schließlich ebenfalls ins Meer. 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