[59], The wreckage was moved to an NTSB facility in Ashburn, Virginia, that was custom-built for the purpose. [5] Sixteen months later, the JTTF announced that no evidence of a criminal act had been found and closed its active investigation. [31]:3[41]:4 The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, an invited party to the NTSB investigation, criticized the undocumented removal by FBI agents of wreckage from the hangar where it was stored. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. Passengers in the first-class section of TWA Flight 800 suffered the most extensive injuries of the victims recovered so far, investigators said Monday, strengthening . It is figure 29 of the report, which is described as: A photograph of the large three-dimensional reconstruction, with the support scaffolding visible. Air travel safety, in general, has steadily improved since the beginning of the widespread use of jet aircraft in 1958, he says. [1]:289 This might well be the signature of an arc on cockpit wiring adjacent to the FQIS wiring. [56] In 2014, the NTSB declined the petition to reopen the investigation. [32]:3 Ultimately, remains of all 230 victims were recovered and identified, the last over 10 months after the crash. As not all components and wiring were recovered, pinpointing the source of the necessary voltage was not possible. A plastic bomb would not leave such traces, he emphasized. Among the dead were 18 crew members and 212 passengers, including 16 students and five chaperones from Pennsylvania's Montoursville Area High School French Club. It is fair to say that we will never see another accident of this kind involving this aircraft type. [1]:256, Investigators considered several possible causes for the structural breakup - structural failure and decompression, detonation of a high-energy explosive device, such as a missile warhead exploding either upon impact with the airplane, or just before impact, a bomb exploding inside the airplane, or a fuel-air explosion in the center wing fuel tank. "[41]:4 Meanwhile, the NTSB was required to refute or play down speculation about conclusions and evidence, frequently supplied to reporters by law enforcement officials and politicians. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. Autopsies reveal that most passengers aboard the ill-fated TWA Flight 800 died almost immediately in the air, sparing them the long plunge into the ocean after the plane broke. [51]:6, As the investigation progressed, the NTSB decided to form a witness group to more fully address the accounts of witnesses. "[18] Subsequently, many air traffic control facilities in the New York/Long Island area received reports of an explosion from other pilots operating in the area. Each agency can call upon the other's laboratories and other assets. [15]:4[16][17] The last recorded radar transponder return from the airplane was recorded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) radar site at Trevose, Pennsylvania, at 8:31:12pm. "You would see ripping, shredding and tearing of bodies" from a bomb in the cabin, he said. [1]:3 At 8:29:15pm, Captain Kevorkian was heard to say, "Look at that crazy fuel flow indicator there on number four see that? Although it could not be determined with certainty, the likely ignition source was a short circuit. By Evan Thomas On 7/28/96 at 8:00 PM EDT. Plus, investigators applied extra diligence to accommodate a huge amount of pressure applied from many quarters to make absolutely sure this was not the result of a terrorist operation, or an errant missile fired by our, or some other nations, military.. and "How long did the missile fly?" 22b, p. 67, The pathways the wreckage took as it fell to the ocean[1]:fig. Seventeen of the 18 crew members[20] and 152 of the passengers were Americans; the remaining crew member was Italian, while the remaining passengers were of various other nationalities. "You get a little used to it," he said. [60][61] The reconstructed aircraft was used to train accident investigators until it was decommissioned in 2021. [1]:109,263 Shortly after, the left wing separated from what remained of the main fuselage, which resulted in further development of the fuel-fed fireballs as the pieces of wreckage fell to the ocean. [1]:363365 NTSB and FBI personnel were present to observe all transfers to preserve the evidentiary value of the wreckage. Almost immediately there was speculation that the plane had been the target of a terrorist attack, with many claiming theyd spotted what appeared to be a missile heading toward the plane just before it exploded. Evidence of arcing was found in a wire bundle that included FQIS wiring connecting to the center wing tank. [44]:6 After the FBI raised concerns about nongovernmental parties in the NTSB's investigation having access to this information and possible prosecutorial difficulties resulting from multiple interviews of the same witness,[44]:6 the NTSB deferred and did not interview witnesses to the crash. [32]:2, With lines of authority unclear, differences in agendas and culture between the FBI and NTSB resulted in discord. ``I don't think anybody was conscious as they fell from 13,000 feet to the water. [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. Anyone can read what you share. [1]:118 These samples were submitted to the FBI's laboratory in Washington, DC, 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. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. The close-up view of N93119's front fuselage, showing the seven plugged windows on the upper deck. "The NTSB was never able to pin-point the precise cause, but it was clear. [1]:270, To determine what ignited the flammable fuel-air vapor in the CWT and caused the explosion, the NTSB evaluated numerous potential ignition sources. [51]:2 CIA analysts, relying on sound-propagation analysis, concluded that the witnesses could not be describing a missile approaching an intact aircraft, but were seeing a trail of burning fuel coming from the aircraft after the initial explosion. [1]:363365 An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter of the New York Air National Guard saw the explosion from about 8 miles away; it arrived at the scene of the explosion while debris was still in the process of falling into the water, forcing the crew to pull away. [1]:262, Thirty-eight witnesses described a streak of light that ascended vertically, or nearly so, and these accounts "seem[ed] to be inconsistent with the accident airplane's flightpath. [1]:270 The NTSB further concluded, "the witnesses' observations of one or more fireballs were of the airplane's burning wreckage falling toward the ocean". "[1]:259, To evaluate the sequence of structural breakup of the airplane, the NTSB formed the Sequencing Group,[1]:100 which examined individual pieces of the recovered structure, two-dimensional reconstructions or layouts of sections of the airplane, and various-sized three-dimensional reconstructions of portions of the airplane. The design and certification concept that fuel tank explosions could be prevented solely by precluding all ignition sources. These records range from 1996 to 1998 and concern FBI forensic analysis associated with the Bureaus crash investigation. A U.S. government inquiry determined that a mixture of fuel and air had ignited accidentally within a fuel tank . [1]:93 In addition, the records indicated that the closest area scheduled for military use, warning area W-387A/B, was 160 nautical miles (296km; 184mi) south. The aircraft was refueled, and a crew change was made; the new flight crew consisted of 58-year-old Captain Ralph G. Kevorkian (who had flown for TWA for 31 years and the U.S. Air Force for 9 years), 57-year-old Captain/Check Airman Steven E. Snyder (who had flown for TWA for 32 years), and 63-year-old Flight Engineer/Check Airman Richard G. Campbell Jr. (who had flown for TWA for 30 years and the U.S. Air Force for 12 years), as well as 25-year-old flight engineer trainee Oliver Krick (who previously served as a business pilot for 4 years), who had flown for TWA for 26 days and was starting the sixth leg of his initial operating experience training. [1]:7174, Pieces of wreckage were transported by boat to shore and then by truck to leased hangar space at the former Grumman Aircraft facility in Calverton, New York, for storage, examination, and reconstruction. The FBI's earliest investigations and interviews, later used by the NTSB, were performed under the assumption of a missile attack, a fact noted in the NTSB's final report. It was one of many moments since the crash of TWA Flight 800 when personal feelings intruded on the practiced professionalism of disaster workers. [1]:263, Only the FAA radar facility in North Truro, Massachusetts, using specialized processing software from the United States Air Force 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron, was capable of estimating the altitude of TWA 800 after it lost power due to the CWT explosion. [1]:298, Computer modeling[1]:122123 and scale-model testing[1]:123 were used to predict and demonstrate how an explosion would progress in a 747 CWT. Only 15 of the 230 bodies have not been recovered. MOST of the 230 people aboard TWA Flight 800 were killed quickly in mid air by "phenomenal whiplash" when the plane exploded, Tue Aug 20 1996 - 01:00 MOST of the 230 people aboard TWA. 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. Funds for the memorial were raised by the Families of TWA Flight 800 Association. [1]:258 None of the victims' remains showed any evidence of injuries that could have been caused by high-energy explosives. On July 24, 2012, this FOIA release was re-uploaded to address technical issues. Critical analysis of injuries sustained in the TWA flight 800 midair disaster Critical analysis of injuries sustained in the TWA flight 800 midair disaster Critical analysis of injuries sustained in the TWA flight 800 midair disaster Critical analysis of injuries sustained in the TWA flight 800 midair disaster J Trauma. [44]:10 With access to these documents no longer controlled by the FBI, the NTSB formed a second witness group to review the documents. [14] During refueling of the aircraft, the volumetric shutoff (VSO) control was believed to have been triggered before the tanks were full. Witnesses in the area of the crash reported seeing an explosion in the night sky, followed by a shower of flaming debris. Notable passengers included:[20], In addition, 16 students and five adult chaperones from the French Club of the Montoursville Area High School in Pennsylvania were on board. Flight 800 Autopsy Reports Are Given to Victims' Families, https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/04/nyregion/flight-800-autopsy-reports-are-given-to-victims-families.html. From that investigation we issued safety recommendations that fundamentally changed the way aircraft are designed.. [1]:94 Further, review of the Islip radar data for other similar summer days and nights in 1999 indicated that the 30-knot track was consistent with normal commercial fishing, recreational, and cargo vessel traffic. Dr. Wetli said he had delayed releasing the documents because the crash was potentially a criminal case and he did not want to do anything to jeopardize the investigation. 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 noncombustible, This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 07:17. Death On Flight 800. [1]:137, 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. [1]:256 This, together with the distribution of wreckage and witness reports, all indicated a sudden catastrophic in-flight breakup of TWA 800. Maintenance records indicate that the aircraft had numerous VSO-related maintenance writeups in the weeks before the accident. [1]:261 A major reason for the flammability of the fuel-air vapor in the CWT of the 747 was the large amount of heat generated and transferred to the CWT by air conditioning packs located directly below the tank;[1]:298 with the CWT temperature raised to a sufficient level, a single ignition source could cause an explosion. In April 1998, the FBI provided the NTSB with the identities of the witnesses, but due to the time elapsed, a decision was made to rely on the original FBI documents rather than reinterview witnesses. TWA 800 was scheduled to depart JFK for Charles de Gaulle Airport around 7:00pm, but the flight was delayed until 8:02pm by a disabled piece of ground equipment and a passenger/baggage mismatch. The board determined that the probable cause of the TWA 800 accident was:[1]:308. In this case, the victim was a Long Island dentist who had assisted forensic dentists in the medical examiner's office. [1]:279, Because a combustible fuel-air mixture will always exist in fuel tanks, Boeing designers had attempted to eliminate all possible sources of ignition in the 747's tanks. Of the 230 passengers and crew believed killed in the crash of TWA Flight 800, searchers have found 100 bodies so far, and the Suffolk County medical examiner's office . [1]:31. [1]:94, Radar data showing vehicle and/or object tracks within 10 nautical miles (19km; 12mi) of TWA flight 800 just before the accident[1]:fig. 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. Investigators believe the explosion began in the center fuel tank, but they say. The FBI conducted an investigation into the crash to determine if terrorist action was involved in the tragedy; no such action was found in our investigation. They even have been attending to each other, conducting trauma "debriefings" at the end of every long day to relieve stress. And no one is very comfortable going there, so close to the place where that happened, and just sitting and relaxing and playing volleyball." Two Coast Guard crew members who spent two days and nights pulling bodies from the ocean were so traumatized by what they had seen and touched that they were in serious emotional distress, according to local watermen who know them. [24][25], The NTSB was notified about 8:50pm the day of the accident; a full "go team" was assembled in Washington, DC, and arrived on scene early the next morning. It's no more emotionally stressful than a doctor who deals every day with childhood leukemia. [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. Dr. Charles V. Wetli, the Suffolk County Medical. "It's never very pleasant when you're in this field and you have to autopsy someone you know," said Suffolk County Medical Examiner Charles Wetli. So far, only a couple of families have received the reports, and Dr. Wetli declined to give specifics. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), side-scan sonar, and laser line-scanning equipment were used to search for and investigate underwater debris fields. The FQIS on Flight 800 is known to have been malfunctioning; the captain remarked on "crazy" readings from the system about 2 minutes and 30 seconds before the aircraft exploded. "[1]:294[53], Though the FQIS itself was designed to prevent danger by minimizing voltages and currents, the innermost tube of Flight 800's FQIS compensator showed damage similar to that of the compensator tube identified as the ignition source for the surge tank fire that destroyed a 747 near Madrid in 1976. [1]:87 Instead, the NTSB conducted a series of computer simulations to examine the flightpath of the main portion of the fuselage. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. [1]:266 The NTSB concluded that given the large number of witnesses in this case, they "did not expect all of the documented witness observations to be consistent with one another"[1]:269 and "did not view these apparently anomalous witness reports as persuasive evidence that some witnesses might have observed a missile. [1]:264, The NTSB concluded, "the witness observations of a streak of light were not related to a missile and that the streak of light reported by most of these witnesses was burning fuel from the accident airplane in crippled flight during some portion of the postexplosion, preimpact breakup sequence". [69], The TWA Flight 800 International Memorial was dedicated in a 2-acre (8,100m2) parcel immediately adjoining the main pavilion at Smith Point County Park in Shirley, New York, on July 14, 2004. But he said the pattern of injuries he has seen -- which reflects examinations of less than one-fourth of those on the plane -- would not be consistent with a bomb, plastic or otherwise, in the passenger cabin. . The tortuous search for bodies and plane remnants was delayed as rain, wind and fog rendered the Atlantic impassable for search crews. TWA Flight 800 crashed eight miles off the coast of Long Island at dusk on a clear summer night. CAPTION: A flower shop sign on Highway 25 outside East Moriches carries sentiments felt by many along the south shore of Long Island, closest land to crash site. [40]:2 Although NTSB Vice Chairman Robert Francis stated that all bodies were being retrieved as soon as they were spotted, and that wreckage was being recovered only if divers believed that victims were hidden underneath,[40]:2 many families were suspicious that investigators were not being truthful, or withholding information. So far, most of the recovered bodies that pathologists are examining have been "relatively intact," said Wetli, but he emphasized that "relative" is itself a relative term. At the time of the crash, 49 CFR 831.5 specified that the NTSB's aviation accident investigations have priority over all other federal investigations. [29] In the case of TWA 800, the FBI initiated a parallel criminal investigation alongside the NTSB's accident investigation. [44]:7 From November 1996 through April 1997, this group reviewed summaries of witness accounts on loan from the FBI (with personal information redacted), and conducted interviews with crewmembers from a New York Air National Guard HH-60 helicopter and C-130 airplane, as well as a U.S. Navy P-3 airplane that was flying in the vicinity of TWA 800 at the time of the accident. These plugs were blown out following the explosion of Flight 800. All but one were considered very unlikely to have been the source of ignition. Behind drawn shades in the autopsy rooms of the Suffolk . - Administrative Policy Procedures -Anti-War -Bureau Personnel -Civil Rights -Counterterrorism -Foreign Counterintelligence- Frequently Requested -Fugitives -Gangs Extremist Groups -Gangster Era -Miscellaneous -Organizations -Organized Crime -Political Figures Events -Popular Culture -Public Corruption -Supreme Court -Unexplained Phenomenon -World War II -Violent Crime. First autopsy report released from TWA 800 crash - January 3, 1997. Six months into the investigation, the NTSB's chairman, Jim Hall, was quoted as saying, "All three theoriesa bomb, a missile, or mechanical failureremain. [1]:261 There were 50USgal (190L) of fuel in the CWT of TWA 800;[50] tests recreating the conditions of the flight showed the combination of liquid fuel and fuel-air vapor to be flammable. "You'd better, or you're not going to be able to last.". [44]:5 Included in some of the witness summaries were drawings or diagrams of what the witness observed. All 230 passengers and crew were killed. [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 (5.6km; 3.5mi) 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. [1]:93 Military records examined by the NTSB showed no military surface vessels within 15 nautical miles (28km; 17mi) of TWA800 at the time of the accident. After a forensic dentist emerged visibly shaken from the medical examiner's office, saying it was difficult to settle himself Thursday night even after he was home and comfortably in his own bed, Wetli said that most members of his staff are tolerating the trauma well, thanks to years of training and experience. [49]:34, Fire damage and soot deposits on the recovered wreckage indicated that some areas of fire existed on the airplane as it continued in crippled flight after the loss of the forward fuselage. [1]:273 Based on these simulations, the NTSB concluded that it was "very unlikely" that a warhead could have detonated in such a location where a fragment could penetrate the CWT without other missile fragments impacting the surrounding airplane structure, leaving distinctive impact marks. [citation needed], 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. [33] Many waited until the remains of their family members had been recovered, identified, and released. 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