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To: Rokke
Actually, exactly none of them said that. Perhaps TWA 800 conspiracy theorists would be more successful if they didn't insist on making things up to support their theories.

I WILL REPEAT MY QUESTION ONE MORE TIME: GIVE ME ONE EXAMPLE OF A SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODING JET FUEL TANK IN AVIATION HISTORY BESIDES TWA FLIGHT 800.

PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

155 posted on 07/16/2004 10:03:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Typing in caps and repeating silly questions does not cover up the fact that your last post was essentially a lie. Furthermore, aviation history is absolutely full of accidents caused by unique events. Using your logic, the cause of the Alaskan Air MD-80 crash off the coast of California couldn't have been caused by the jackscrew in the rudder, because despite decades of flying by hundreds of similar aircraft in airlines around the world, such an incident had never happened before, and hasn't happened since. But to answer your question, there have been two 737's that exploded due to overheating in their centerline fuel tanks. The last was in 2001. In addition, the Air Force had already identified overheating in the centerline tanks of its 747's as a problem years before TWA 800 exploded. And exploding fuel vapor in fuel tanks has been blamed in 9 incidents since 1958, nullifying the often posted theory that jet fuel vapor isn't explosive.


161 posted on 07/17/2004 7:26:41 AM PDT by Rokke
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Actually, exactly none of them said that.

The center title of the ad says:

"We Saw TWA Flight 800 Shot Down by Missiles And We Won't Be Silenced Any Longer"

The quoted excerpts are just that - excerpts. All the people quoted in the ad gave their permission to be quoted, and they knew what the ad was going to say.

How is that "exactly none?"

I NOTICE YOU STILL HAVEN'T COME UP WITH AN EXAMPLE OF A SINGLE OTHER SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODING JET FUEL TANK IN THE HISTORY OF AVIATION.

163 posted on 07/17/2004 7:33:30 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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