NTSB MARKS 10th ANNIVERSARY OF CRASH OF TWA 800

[SDF2BUF2MCO]

I work with some former TWAer's. One was inside the executive suite. The other was safety person. The "insider" stated all the HQ phones were bugged right after the incident (could have been the "prudent" thing to do). The consensus was something other than a fuel tank explosion brought this ship down. Again, that is one person's opinion and I have no way of proving what other people thought.
The safety person actually was on site and got to see the remains. He thinks it was a fuel explosion but confesses he is only repeating what people were telling him. He was out of college and did not have any experience in dealing with aircraft incidents/investigations.
I think what happens is when things defy logic then the conspiracy theories kick in. Granted, lack of knowledge and facts help fan the flames. I just take peace in knowing the most ethical person in the world was the POTUS at the time - which only adds to the mystery.
Guess I belong to the KOOKS club - Keepers of Odd Knowledge

 

[Rock]

TWA 800 was the subject of a full criminal investigation for two years after it happened. Maybe that is why the phones were bugged. Kind of funny that they all knew about it. You could have some fun with that.
I think you are right about conspiracy theories kicking in when things seem to defy logic. I just flew across the Pacific in an aircraft that has a history of catching on fire and plunging into the ocean (SwissAir MD-11). The problems that caused the first one are still there in the one I was flying. But it hasn't happened since, so I guess I'll keep taking my chances it won't happen again. Sometimes all the stars and planets just align the wrong way and what is normally only a potential disaster, becomes a disaster.

 

[FN FAL]

Sometimes all the stars and planets just align the wrong way and what is normally only a potential disaster, becomes a disaster.

Why would your death be a disaster?

 

[Morning Wood]

Why didn't the FAA issue an immediate AD for all the remaining US operated
747-100 and 200 series airplanes? I still think it was a bomb for one
simple reason. It was set to detonate when the airplane would have
been well over the Atlantic. The pieces would have been in water
several miles deep and would have never been found. The flight left
JFK an hour late and as a result the wreckage was in water only 200
feet deep.

 

[Rock]

Why would your death be a disaster?

Well, my death alone would be simply a near disaster, but distributing the several pallets of dangerous goods we were carrying all over Tokyo probably would really hurt FedEx stock, and that would be a definite disaster.

 

[CKJET]

Why didn't the FAA issue an immediate AD for all the remaining US operated
747-100 and 200 series airplanes? I still think it was a bomb for one
simple reason. It was set to detonate when the airplane would have
been well over the Atlantic. The pieces would have been in water
several miles deep and would have never been found. The flight left
JFK an hour late and as a result the wreckage was in water only 200
feet deep.

they could not issue an "immediate AD" as they did not know what they were looking for the day after it happened. As a classic 747 driver the fuel tank explosion could have happened....and as you read in the first post on this thread hte problem has been "fixed".

 

[FN FAL]

Well, my death alone would be simply a near disaster, but distributing the several pallets of dangerous goods we were carrying all over Tokyo probably would really hurt FedEx stock, and that would be a definite disaster.

You guys have some weird benefits, you'd think if someone tossed you off the balcony of the hotel room or a parking garage, they'd just give your beneficiary a check instead.

 

[Rock]

You guys have some weird benefits, you'd think if someone tossed you off the balcony of the hotel room or a parking garage, they'd just give your beneficiary a check instead.

Weird? You mean, kind of like your posts? You got some kind of fascination with my death? Lets hear it.

 

[CitationLover]

Would a kenetic missle leave all that evidence?

there is no such thing as a "kenetic" missile. there are kinetic ones though.

 

[180ToTheMarker]

there is no such thing as a "kenetic" missile. there are kinetic ones though.

Thanks, never been much of a speller...hell, I can barely read. Anyway, would such a missile leave much evidence?

 

[FN FAL]

Weird? You mean, kind of like your posts? You got some kind of fascination with my death? Lets hear it.

Dude, I'm just joshing with your disaster statement. It is a TWA conspiracy thread.

 

[Bjammin]

I've said this before. The fuel management procedures were changed on ALL 747's after this incident. The old procedure let the fuel pumps become uncovered with fuel before you shut them off. When center fuel pumps were checked after this incident one airline had found one that had major heat distortion (1200 deg minimum). It was a huge surprise that more of these types of incidents did not happen before.

Because of the flight time of TWA-800 the center tanks would have been just drying up when the explosion happened.

Now the circutry and procedures have been changed so a pump will never be uncovered when running.

This make alot more sense then a missile no-one ever found.

 

[Morning Wood]

they could not issue an "immediate AD" as they did not know what they were looking for the day after it happened. As a classic 747 driver the fuel tank explosion could have happened....and as you read in the first post on this thread hte problem has been "fixed".

No what I meant was, why didn't they issue it after they announced the
"cause"? They didn't do anything.

 

[Flip Conroy]

The FAA NEVER does anything. Look at the long list of recommendations from the NTSB after investigations that are still sitting on the books waiting for FAA action. It has gone on for years. Yet the FAA does nothing. Ever. The reasons why are numerous, but they start with lobby pressure from groups like the ATA who have only the $$$ interests of the airlines as their agenda.

 

[Flip Conroy]

I not only worked closely with and know many who worked on the investigation, but I saw the recronstruction of the aircraft in the hangar at Calverton. Not photos, but the actual aircraft. I am in aviation. I have been in aviation for years. I have investigative training...and there is NO physical evidence of anything but an INTERNAL explosion. So no....not everyone in aviations KNOWS it was shot down. Some actually KNOW the facts of what happened and refuse to get caught up in your black helicopter theories.

So you all go on belieiving what you want. No one or anything is going to convince you otherwise. Ignore and discard the facts of the physical evidence that are used in all investigations. Yep. A missile shot it down. And no one is stepping forward and talking. Not even for greed. This IS the USA you know. Greed rules. Someone would be spilling their guts for $$$. Guaranteed

But believe what you will. And have fun with your conspiracy theories. But remember, conspiracy theories are great for internet imbiciles and the like and a waste of time for intelligent and grounded people.