What was Boeing's response?
I'm actually not finding a lot about that. I found these:
TWA Flight 800 Crash Coverage CNN
Learning From A Disaster From 2/08/2006
The safety board's conclusion is leading to new rules requiring airlines to modify commercial jet aircraft to reduce the risk of explosions - citing the TWA Flight 800 and explosions involving three other airliners since 1989.
The rules could also make planes safer from missile attack by terrorists, one expert said.
Parker, working with subcontractor Honeywell International Inc., is supplying a new fuel-tank safety system that substitutes non-burning nitrogen for volatile oxygen in the tanks through a separation system that Parker helped develop.
The system's core technology - the unit that removes oxygen from the air - is supplied by Parker, which has four decades of experience in building such units for military planes.
Liz Verdier, a Boeing spokeswoman, said Boeing already has decided to begin installing the new system on all new 747s and 737s this year.
Verdier said the company will make available kits for retrofitting existing airliners if the FAA decides that the 3,200 planes in the current fleet, including planes made by Airbus and Boeing, should be covered by the new rules. Total cost for the conversion is estimated at more than $800 million.