[devere]

The crash of TWA Flight 800 was very likely caused by a US Navy training accident. If I recall correctly the USS Wyoming was on sea trials, and after the tragic accident the captain and first officer were replaced.

A substantial number of trained observers (former combat pilots) reported seeing a missile hit the plane. By then the coverup was in full force, complete with CIA-generated cartoons. The missile was apparently unarmed, but unfortunately still enough to inflict fatal damage on TWA flight 800.

[SkyDancer]

So all those low paid Navy people wouldn't have accepted a couple of hundred dollars by running to the best tabloid in town? The Sun would have eaten it up.

Where's the story about those Navy people being fired? Oh, I guess it was 'hushed' up.

[Bull Snipe]

Wyoming is an Ohio class SSBN. She was placed in commission just 4 days before the flight 800 accident. The only way she could shoot down an airplane is with a Trident ICBM. She may not have even been loaded with weapons at the time she was on trials.