Fri, Oct 24, 2003
Group Says it Happened the Way the Witnesses Said it
Happened
There has been a lot of
controversy surrounding the crash of TWA Flight 800, since that
July night six years ago. A controversial group (Flight 800
Independent Researchers Organization -- "FIRO") has now released
its 'findings' on what it says is the probable cause:
A surface-to-air missile, launched from the ocean off the coast
of Long Island rose up and exploded at or near TWA Flight 800. The
explosion of the near-empty center wing fuel tank was a secondary
explosion, initiated by the explosion of a missile warhead. The
combined destructive power of the missile and the fuel tank
explosion caused catastrophic structural failure of TWA Flight
800.
Supporting Documentation
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that
the probable cause for the crash of TWA Flight 800 in July 1996 was
an explosion within the aircraft's center wing fuel tank. Neither
the ignition source nor its location within the tank "could be
determined from the available evidence."[1] Flight 800 Independent
Researchers Organization (FIRO) reviewed the NTSB's findings and
probable cause determination in detail and found several errors and
omissions that required further review.
In July 2002, FIRO filed
a petition with the NTSB requesting that these errors and omissions
be corrected in a revised accident report.[2] The petition
explained in detail that evidence which conflicted with the
official probable cause for the crash, was not adequately
investigated, or was withheld from certain investigative parties
and the public. Nearly a year after receiving the petition, the
NTSB responded by simply dismissing a majority of FIRO's assertions
without even a cursory review.[3]
FIRO believes that the probable cause for the crash of TWA
Flight 800 was an explosion caused by an external ignition source.
Radar data [4, 5], forensic analyses [6, 7], debris field evidence
[4], secret government test results [8], and multiple eyewitness
observations [9, 10] all suggest that the external ignition source
was most likely a surface-to-air missile.
FIRO does not intend to ascribe theories as to why a missile may
have been fired. Rather, the main goals of FIRO are to factually
establish that an external initiating event caused the demise of
TWA Flight 800, and to compel the proper investigative agencies to
re-open the TWA Flight 800 investigation so that the cause of the
accident may be firmly established. [Note: We just report what hits
the news, folks... lunatic fringe and all.--E-I-C]
More News
Back-Taxi A term used by air traffic controllers to taxi an aircraft on the runway opposite to the traffic flow. The aircraft may be instructed to back-taxi to the beginning of the>[...]
“Our WAI members across the nation are grateful for the service and sacrifice of the formidable group of WASP who served so honorably during World War II. This group of brave>[...]
“Many aspiring pilots fall short of their goal due to the cost of flight training, so EAA working with the Ray Foundation helps relieve some of the financial pressure and mak>[...]
Blind Speed The rate of departure or closing of a target relative to the radar antenna at which cancellation of the primary radar target by moving target indicator (MTI) circuits i>[...]
Aero Linx: International Airline Medical Association (IAMA) The International Airline Medical Association, formerly known as the Airline Medical Directors Association (AMDA) was fo>[...]