Trans World Airlines Flight 800

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Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 800 was an air accident involving a Boeing 747-131 aircraft which exploded over the Atlantic. This unfortunate event occurred as a result of a short circut involving a high voltage electrical wire, a low voltage electrical wire heading into the center, a fuel tank sensor probe, vaporized fuel in the tank and a single spark. The official, evidence backed NTSB report states that a high voltage short wire had jumped onto a low voltage wire that was heading to the fuel tanks. The fuel tanks, heated by the air conditioning packs underneath the center fuel tank, had vaporized some fuel. The high voltage short circuit spark sparked off a fuel probe onto the metal wall of the tank. The spark essentially ignited the fuel and destroyed the jet.[1]

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Despite the fact that the investigation was the most costly and largest one of its kind, many refuse the NTSB report.[2] These conspiracy nuts often blame the US Navy or Air Force for firing a missile at the jet.[3] There was low-quality film footage taken of the jet when it exploded, and they point to a streak below the jet which they swear must be the trail of a guided missile (and could not possibly be from a smoking chunk of the plane that fell off). There is of course no evidence to suggest that any missiles were involved in the accident. [4] There is also no explanation of WHY the United States Navy or Air Force would shoot down a plane that, besides the fact it did crash, would have been just another typical transatlantic flight seen many times a day.

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