Alex Carson
Did you know that TWA Flight 800 exploded just twelve minutes after takeoff from JFK Airport on a clear July evening in 1996, killing all 230 people on board? After years of speculation involving terrorism and missiles, investigators ultimately determined that the jet was destroyed by a spark inside its own center wing fuel tank.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 – Intro
01:19 – A Summer Evening over Long Island
04:27 – The Aircraft, the People, and the Recovery
06:08 – Dual Investigations and Early Theories
08:57 – Ruling Out Missiles, Bombs, and Structural Failure
10:38 – The Spark in the Center Wing Fuel Tank
12:20 – Outro
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The video revisiting this tragic event recounts the story of the passengers, the recovery effort that retrieved over ninety-five percent of the aircraft, and how meticulous investigations ruled out external attacks by demonstrating that a combination of heat from air conditioning packs, a nearly empty fuel tank, and aging wiring led to the catastrophic explosion.
We Finally Know What Caused the TWA Flight 800 Crash
