[41]:1 The FBI, from the start assuming that a criminal act had occurred,[41]:3 saw the NTSB as indecisive. Various civilian, military, and police vessels reached the crash site and searched for survivors within minutes of the initial water impact, but found none,[1]:86 making TWA 800 the second-deadliest aircraft accident in United States history at that time. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. [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. [1]:229, Examination of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder data showed a normal takeoff and climb,[15]:4 with the aircraft in normal flight[46]:2 before both abruptly stopped at 8:31:12pm. In reality, it is a very slow and tedious process. It was one of the two or three most complex accidents I was involved with during my 17 years doing that kind of workin fact, it may have been the most complicated, he says. Purvis says while four years is a long time for an investigation, its not outside the accepted bounds. The captain's CVR channel showed two "dropouts" of background power harmonics in the second before the recording ended (with the separation of the nose). The coroner who oversaw the autopsies on most of the victims of T.W.A. Fuel-air explosion in the center wing fuel tank, In-flight breakup sequence and crippled flight, Analysis of reported witness observations, Possible ignition sources of the center wing fuel tank, Missile fragment or small explosive charge. [34]:1[35]:34 This hotel became known as the "Heartbreak Hotel" for its role in handling families of victims of several airliner crashes. [57] In a press release, the NTSB stated: "After a thorough review of all the information provided by the petitioners, the NTSB denied the petition in its entirety because the evidence and analysis presented did not show the original findings were incorrect. TWA Flight 800 crashed eight miles off the coast of Long Island at dusk on a clear summer night. When the rare fatal air accident occurs it usually involves a causality chain, including a number of seemingly unconnected small anomalies that, together, create a sort of perfect storm which causes a crash, he says. January 3, 1997. According to Purvis, the safety board addressed the missile idea in its report. I spent a fair amount of time examining the wreckage, looking for signs of missile/projectile entry. Results: All 230 passengers of TWA Flight 800 were recovered as fatalities. 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Jetliner Explosion", "NTSB Board Meeting on TWA 800August22, 2000, Morning Session", "For Crash Victims' Families, A Painful Return to Routine", "Victims Knew Jet Was In Trouble Airport Inn Becomes Heartbreak Hotel Again", "Hotel Near JFK Airport is Familiar With Airline Tragedy", "A Heartbreak Hotel for Kin They wait, Weep at JFK Ramada", "Navy Retrieves 2 'Black Boxes' From Sea Floor", "Airliner Bombings Are Reviewed For Similarities to T.W.A. [51]:6, As the investigation progressed, the NTSB decided to form a witness group to more fully address the accounts of witnesses. TWA Flight 800 On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off of Long Island, New York. [9], The accident airplane, registration N93119 (a Boeing 747-131), was manufactured by Boeing in July 1971; it had been ordered by Eastern Air Lines, but after Eastern cancelled its 747 orders, the plane was purchased new by Trans World Airlines. 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. While some victims' bodies were mostly intact, most were either burned, fragmented, skeletonized, or decaying, so they had to be identified by DNA testing and dental records. The close-up view of N93119's front fuselage, showing the seven plugged windows on the upper deck. A List of the Passengers and Crew Aboard Ill-Fated TWA Flight 800 L.A. Times Archives July 20, 1996 12 AM PT Here is a complete list of the 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and. The FBI interviewed at least 755 witnesses. Flight 800, "Documents Pertaining to Witnesses 300-399", "Witness Group Chairman's Factual Report", "Flight Data Recorder Group Chairman's Factual Report", "Source: Traces of 2nd explosive found in TWA debris", "Metallurgy/Structures Group Chairman Factual Report Sequencing Study", "Solving the Mystery of the "Missile Sightings", "Witnesses 4 - Group Chairman Factual Report - Appendix Z - Interview transcript Capt. [26][27][28] Since the NTSB does not investigate criminal activity, the United States Attorney General is empowered to declare an investigation to be linked to a criminal act, and require the NTSB to relinquish control of the investigation to the FBI. [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. [1]:290 Experiments showed that applying power to a wire leading to the fuel quantity gauge can cause the digital display to change by several hundred pounds before the circuit breaker trips. [1]:xvi Problems with the aircraft's wiring were found, including evidence of arcing in the fuel quantity indication system (FQIS) wiring that enters the tank. TWA's senior management had spent Wednesday celebrating in London. These plugs were blown out following the explosion of Flight 800. Of the accidents that have occurred, spontaneous explosions in mid-air have always been responsible for a very small percentage of the total.. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. [44]:7 No verbatim records of the witness interviews were produced; instead, the agents who conducted the interviews wrote summaries that they then submitted. 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. 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 . 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 . But for men and women untrained in dealing with trauma -- a group that includes thousands of vacationers who had come to this area for rest and restoration -- the pain of the crash is much harder to bear. They even have been attending to each other, conducting trauma "debriefings" at the end of every long day to relieve stress. The NTSB concluded, "the ignition energy for the CWT explosion most likely entered the CWT through the FQIS wiring. [1]:258259 Testing conducted by the FAA's Technical Center indicated that residues of the type of explosives found on the wreckage would dissipate completely after two days of immersion in sea water (almost all recovered wreckage was immersed longer than two days). [1]:256257, Close examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of structural faults such as fatigue, corrosion, or mechanical damage that could have caused the in-flight breakup. [1]:1 After the owner of the baggage in question was confirmed to be on board, the flight crew prepared for departure, and the aircraft pushed back from Gate 27 at the TWA Flight Center. But Wetli added: "We see Quincy' on TV, and he identifies people very quickly. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! And no one is very comfortable going there, so close to the place where that happened, and just sitting and relaxing and playing volleyball." [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]:237 The interviews conducted by the FBI focused on the possibility of a missile attack; suggested interview questions given to FBI agents such as "Where was the sun in relation to the aircraft and the missile launch point?" Any parts of the plane that cannot be recycled will be disposed of in landfills. [54]:6. 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. [An] explosion of the center wing fuel tank (CWT), resulting from ignition of the flammable fuel/air mixture in the tank. [1]:6574 The green zone with the aft portion of the aircraft was located the furthest along the flight path. After the 1996 crash of TWA flight 800 off Long Island,. "[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. Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31pm. Dr. Charles V. Wetli, the Suffolk County Medical. [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. [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. When the explosion occurred, some may have had a sudden panic attack for . English: This photograph is part of the National Transportation Safety Board accident report for TWA Flight 800. Accordingly, the NTSB decommissioned the wreckage in July 2021. "[55] Speculation was fueled in part by early descriptions, visuals, and eyewitness accounts of the disaster that indicated a sudden explosion and trails of fire moving in an upward direction. Analysis revealed that the severity of injury and anatomic injury pattern did not generally correlate with seating position or structural damage. Thus, the gauge anomaly could have been caused by a short to the FQIS wiring. The FBI may still conduct a criminal investigation, but the NTSB investigation has priority. [18] Many witnesses in the vicinity of the crash stated that they saw or heard explosions, accompanied by a large fireball or fireballs over the ocean, and observed debris, some of which was burning while falling into the water. [2][3][4] Consequently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and New York Police Department Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) initiated a parallel criminal investigation. Nearly all pieces of the 170-ton jet were recovered from the ocean floor and reconstructed as part of the ensuing investigation. Many recommendations came out of the completed investigation, including everything from changes in daily operational procedures to modifications of the center fuel tanks on other 747s, Oakley says. Crash", "Behind a Calm Facade, Chaos, Distrust, Valor", International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers: Analysis and Recommendations Regarding T.W.A. In the early days and weeks after the accident, the FBI was in charge because there was concern about it being a crime. [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". [1]:63 In one of the largest diver-assisted salvage operations ever conducted, often working in very difficult and dangerous conditions, over 95% of the airplane wreckage was eventually recovered. [44]:12[52], The NTSB's review of the released witness documents determined that they contained 736 witness accounts, of which 258 were characterized as "streak of light" witnesses ("an object moving in the sky variously described [as] a point of light, fireworks, a flare, a shooting star, or something similar. These tests simulated a fuel-air explosion in the CWT by igniting a propane-air mixture; this resulted in the failure of the tank structure due to overpressure. [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]:258 None of the victims' remains showed any evidence of injuries that could have been caused by high-energy explosives. [1]:45[note 1][12][13][note 2], The ground-maintenance crew locked out the thrust reverser for engine #3 (treated as a minimum equipment list item) because of technical problems with the thrust reverser sensors during the landing of TWA 881 at JFK, prior to Flight 800's departure. Some family members wanted to learn whether their relatives had suffered; others sought factual information that might be useful in litigation against Trans World Airlines and the Boeing Company, which made the 747 that exploded minutes after taking off from Kennedy International Airport on July 17, killing all 230 on board. [1]:94 Additionally, the occupants of the target track were unlikely to have been able to hear the explosions over the sound of its engines and the noise of the hull traveling through water, even more so if the occupants were in an enclosed bridge or cabin. [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. All but one were considered very unlikely to have been the source of ignition. [1]:258 This included the pieces on which trace amounts of explosives were found. Six months into the investigation, the NTSB's chairman, Jim Hall, was quoted as saying, "All three theoriesa bomb, a missile, or mechanical failureremain. ''They are very cold, chilling documents,'' he said. The coroner who oversaw the autopsies on most of the victims of T.W.A. The relinquishment of investigative priority by the [NTSB] shall not otherwise affect the authority of the [NTSB] to continue its investigation under this section, In 2005, the NTSB and the FBI entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that states that, "[i]n the immediate aftermath of a transportation accident, the NTSB is the presumptive lead investigative agency and will assume control of the accident scene." Head, thoracic, and abdominal injuries were multiple and severe, contributing to the mortality of the occupants. [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. "[1]:257, A review of recorded data from long-range and airport surveillance radars revealed multiple contacts of airplanes or objects in TWA800's vicinity at the time of the accident. The event remains one of the deadliest plane crashes in U.S. history. The NTSB and the FBI have designated liaisons to ensure that information flows between agencies, and to coordinate on-scene operations. 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. [1]:243247 Advocates of a missile-attack scenario asserted that some of these witnesses observed a missile;[1]:264 analysis demonstrated that the observations were not consistent with a missile attack on TWA800, but instead were consistent with these witnesses having observed part of the in-flight fire and breakup sequence after the CWT explosion. All Rights Reserved. Only 15 of the 230 bodies have not been recovered. They ask whether they smoked, since teeth would reflect tobacco stains, and whether they had moles and where. Each agency can call upon the other's laboratories and other assets. ")[1]:230 The NTSB witness group concluded that the streak of light reported by witnesses might have been the actual airplane during some stage of its flight before the fireball developed, noting that most of the 258 streak-of-light accounts were generally consistent with the calculated flightpath of the accident airplane after the CWT explosion. [44]:78, In February 1998, the FBI, having closed its active investigation, agreed to fully release the witness summaries to the NTSB. The MOU states that: [t]his procedure is intendedto ensure that neither NTSB nor FBI investigative activity unnecessarily complicates or compromises the other agencys investigation. "You would see ripping, shredding and tearing of bodies" from a bomb in the cabin, he said. [1]:6[10][11] On the day of the accident, the airplane departed from Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, as TWA Flight 881 and arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) about 4:38 pm. I made two visits to the mockup the NTSB assembled from the wreckage in a hangar on Long Island at the time, he says. Bodies and debris have been carried far from the crash site by tides -- requiring searchers to cover more than 400 square miles of ocean -- and large sections of the 747 jetliner have sunk more than 100 feet, likely with many of the missing bodies inside. [1]:100 The Sequencing Group concluded that the first event in the breakup sequence was a fracture in the wing center section of the aircraft, caused by an "overpressure event" in the center wing fuel tank (CWT). All 230 people on board died in the crash. Pathologists are meeting daily with family members, conducting interviews about minute details of the victims' bodies to help determine who is who. [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. "You don't want anybody to onion.". Following its final report on the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board issued several safety recommendations including regular maintenance programs and design standards for fuel tanks. Customers have virtually disappeared from Larry's Crab House, a festive restaurant with a deck and volleyball court adjacent to a marina on Moriches Bay. [33] Many waited until the remains of their family members had been recovered, identified, and released. [1]:288. [1]:262 These witness accounts were a major reason for the initiation and duration of the FBI's criminal investigation. Flight 800 has begun releasing details to family members who request them. 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. [1]:118 According to the seat manufacturer, the locations and appearance of this substance were consistent with adhesive used in the construction of the seats, and additional laboratory testing by NASA identified the substance as being consistent with adhesives. Flight engineer trainee Krick was seated in the flight engineer's seat (being monitored by Flight Engineer/Check Airman Campbell); he was the least experienced of the crew, having logged 2,520 flight hours, but with only 30 of them on the Boeing 747. A plastic bomb would not leave such traces, he emphasized. 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