Reminds me of the plane over Long Island Sound after 9-11. The conclusion was internal tank explosion due to gas fumes however many claimed to have seen ( and captured on tape ) a fireball rising out of the water hitting the plane. Government assured all that it was an optical illusion and that even if the Navy was performing ‘’simulated missile launches” in the area it would not be possible for such an event to occur.
TWA Flight 800 was in 1996..................
Funny how the “authorities” never explained where the oxygen came from that allowed kerosene vapor to explode at a pressure altitude of 14,000’