TWA Flight 800 International Memorial

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00:02:13 1 Accident flight
00:06:42 2 Passengers and crew
00:07:56 3 Initial investigation
00:08:51 3.1 Search and recovery operations
00:11:11 3.2 Tensions in the investigation
00:13:53 3.3 Witness interviews
00:16:12 4 Further investigation and analysis
00:17:12 4.1 Possible causes of the in-flight breakup
00:17:46 4.1.1 Structural failure and decompression
00:18:36 4.1.2 Live missile or bomb detonation
00:24:15 4.1.3 Fuel-air explosion in the center wing fuel tank
00:28:03 4.2 In-flight breakup sequence and crippled flight
00:30:57 4.2.1 Analysis of reported witness observations
00:37:45 4.3 Possible ignition sources of the center wing fuel tank
00:38:14 4.3.1 Missile fragment or small explosive charge
00:40:04 4.3.2 Other potential sources
00:40:54 4.3.3 Fuel quantity indication system
00:44:20 5 Conclusions
00:46:05 5.1 Controversy
00:47:23 6 Aftermath
00:52:10 7 International Memorial
00:53:50 8 See also



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Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA 800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31 p.m. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. All 230 people on board died in the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history.
Accident investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) traveled to the scene, arriving the following morning amid speculation that a terrorist attack was the cause of the crash. Consequently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and New York Police Department (FBI-NYPD) Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) initiated a parallel criminal investigation. Sixteen months later, the JTTF announced that no evidence had been found of a criminal act and closed its active investigation.The four-year NTSB investigation concluded with the approval of the Aircraft Accident Report on August 23, 2000, ending the most extensive, complex, and costly air disaster investigation in U.S. history. The report's conclusion was that the probable cause of the accident was explosion of flammable fuel vapors in the center fuel tank. Although it could not be determined with certainty, the likely ignition source was a short circuit. Problems with the aircraft's wiring were found, including evidence of arcing in the Fuel Quantity Indication System (FQIS) wiring that enters the tank. The FQIS on Flight 800 is known to have been malfunctioning; the captain remarked on what he called crazy readings from the system approximately two minutes and thirty seconds before the aircraft exploded. As a result of the investigation, new requirements were developed for aircraft to prevent future fuel tank explosions.