I’m not sure if it was all generations of 747s. Some of the later variants may have not had that design flaw (I’m not sure). But yes, I believe the other 747s of the same generation of TWA 800 were grounded pending inspections and maybe even modifications.
Perhaps, but at the time I was looking for an anouncement of that grounding.
I never saw or heard of one.
I did see a small announcement, years later, that the last 747 needing a new fuel pump and sensor assembly had been upgraded.
Presumably it was in service up to that point. If the 747s were flying ticking time bombs, surely one country somewhere would have forbidden them in their airspace?
Therefore, I assume it wasn't a flaw in the aircraft.
It was enemy action.
Seven years and nineteen days after the USS Vincennes shot down Iran Air Flight 655. That's 7 years and 19 days by the Christian Gregorian Calendar, does anyone know what that delay is in the muslim lunar calendar Iran uses?