"Group seeks to reopen inquiry into ’96 TWA crash; Ex-investigators say new evidence hints of missile" by Frank Eltman | Associated Press, June 20, 2013
MINEOLA, N.Y. — Former investigators are pushing to reopen the probe into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 off the coast of New York, saying new evidence points to the often-discounted theory that a missile strike may have downed the jumbo jet.
The New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996, just minutes after the jetliner took off from John F. Kennedy Airport, killing all 230 people aboard.
The effort to reopen the probe is being made in tandem with the release next month of a documentary that features the testimony of former investigators who raise doubts about the National Transportation Safety Board’s conclusion that the crash was caused by a center fuel tank explosion, probably caused by a spark from a short-circuit in the wiring.
Those aren't "conspiracy kooks," dear readers. Those are knowledgeable, intelligent experts from inside the investigation.
‘‘We don’t know who fired the missile,’’ said Jim Speer, an accident investigator for the Air Line Pilots Association, one of those seeking a new review of the probe. ‘‘But we have a lot more confidence that it was a missile.’’
In a petition filed Wednesday seeking to reopen the probe, they say they have ‘‘reviewed the FAA radar evidence along with new evidence not available to the NTSB during the official investigation and contend that the NTSB’s probable cause determination is erroneous and should be reconsidered and modified accordingly.’’
Those calling for a review of the investigation include former NTSB accident investigator Hank Hughes and Bob Young, a former senior accident investigator for the now-defunct TWA. Tom Stalcup, a physicist and cofounder of a group called Flight 800 Independent Researchers Organization, also questions the NTSB’s original findings and is featured prominently in the documentary, which is slated to air on the 17th anniversary of the crash next month.
Watch: Conspiracy?: TWA Flight 800 (Full Version)
The NTSB issued a statement Wednesday morning saying it is aware of the upcoming documentary....
Spokeswoman Kelly Nantel noted the TWA Flight 800 investigation lasted four years. ‘‘Investigators took great care reviewing, documenting, and analyzing facts and data and held a five-day hearing to gather additional facts before determining the probable cause of the accident during a two-day board meeting,” she said.
The former investigators say new evidence that a missile may have taken down the jet includes analysis of radar of the jetliner. Speculation of a missile strike began almost immediately after the crash.
Because dozens of witnesses on Long Island saw it. Saw the missile trail going up to the plane and saw it explode. Government came back after the investigation and said they were all drunk.
Related: Was TWA 800 Shot Down By a Military Missile?
What is odd to me is I remember a guy at work telling me it was a missile from the military, and I hadn't heard that. Was shocked when he said it, and will never forget it.
Of course, now we know that these events happen more often than reported, and the downing of the Iranian airliner was a likely war game exercise gone awry.
Theories that an errant missile may have been fired from a US military vessel were widely refuted, but conjecture about a shoulder-fired missile launched by terrorists in a small boat has never completely gone away.
And THERE is your LIMITED HANGOUT!
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An that is why I never believe the AmeriKan media when it comes to plane crashes.
NEXT DAY UPDATE:
Looks like it was just a one-day wonder as expected....
Something the Globe didn't even bother covering, to their shame:
"Well... it looks like the administration killed another journalist, just like they did Breitbart and a couple of people with important connections to the case....
Appearances are just that. They are only the way things seem to be and they are manipulated to that end. They are not the way things actually are. THEY ARE NOT THE WAY THINGS ACTUALLY ARE!
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A hack goes into the publisher's office and the publisher tells the hack he wants a certain form of garbage, tailored to the tastes of those who eat garbage and they sell hundreds of thousands and millions of copies to the garbage eaters. Bad diet leads invariably to bad health; probably not when you're young, that's how so many people get deceived into thinking they can eat anything. These days though, a lot of the food is so bad,l it can easily get you when you are quite young; observe the epidemic of obesity, diabetes and other maladies, sweeping the planet. One of the terrible side effects of bad diet is that it can and often does lead to bad mental diet. Every level of a person's being gets compromised and you get shit in and shit out, or garbage in and garbage out, (if you prefer) at every level. These days, magazines, newspapers, books, TV, movies, theater productions and concerts, are mostly geared toward low brow consumption. It's canned beer and greasy burgers for the stomach and the mind, guaranteed to give you a fat head and a big behind. I'm sure there are people who wish I would not call attention to such things but... these things call attention to themselves and they have a cause....
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Also see: First Andrew Breitbart, Now Journalist Michael Hastings?
I guess that is why Glenn Beck backed off of the Robert's blackmail story.
Related:
Six Zionist Companies Own 96% of the World's Media
Declassified: Massive Israeli manipulation of US media exposed
Operation Mockingbird
Why Am I No Longer Reading the Newspaper?
All of a sudden the newspaper makes sense!
UPDATE:
Michael Hastings; wrote profile that ended general’s 34-year career
I stand corrected. Sorry I missed the strip column amongst the general obituaries for unimportant people.
UPDATE:
Michael Hastings; wrote profile that ended general’s 34-year career
I stand corrected. Sorry I missed the strip column amongst the general obituaries for unimportant people.
