TWA Flight 800 crash not due to gas tank explosion, say former investigators

Yahoo News ^ | 6/19/13 | Dylan Stableford

[JerseyDvl]

Excellent recommendation! Loved it right up until that very last page.

[Smokin' Joe]

It was the Clintons then and elections were looming, so couldn’t be terrorists right.

If they couldn't blame the VRWC or the Militias, it had to be an accident. Simple as that.

[Stonewall Jackson]

An interesting aside on Flight 800. Comic book and screenplay writer Geoff Johns' kid sister, Courtney, was one of the 230 killed on the flight. The first comic character he created was Courtney Whitmore, aka Stargirl, who was based off his sister. She became one of the most popular characters in the Justice Society of America, made guest appearances on the show Smallville, and is now a member of the Justice League of America. It's an interesting tribute to his sister and a neat way of honoring her memory.

[CodeJockey]

But in an open environment gasoline is more volatile than kerosene. I do not want ANY open flames near gas, kerosene does not evaporate into the air (as much).

I was at an air show at SJAFB in NC many years ago and they simulated a JP4 fire. The technician had to put some flame to the stuff to get it ignited, but once it was it was on, and quick. The entire crowd was moving back, fast. Intense heat.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[goron]

Didn’t some witnesses see a drone flying one direction, then ‘pyrotechnics’ streaking up from another direction, and a small military aircraft (the type of aircraft used to ‘paint’ missile targets), all at the same time TWA 800 was ordered to some odd flight ceiling altitude?

Didn’t the author James Sanders obtain a sample of seat fabric from TWA 800, and it was anylized to have missile rocket residue?

Google this: James Sanders 800

[bryan999]

Obama has played around with Viacom before...

1. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=acBCm60o6cr8

2. http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/10/viacom_shills_for_obama.html

[bryan999]

Let’s not forget what John F. Kerry said on the days after September 11 2001:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmdkcVr-K1s

http://www.wnd.com/2001/10/11095/

[BwanaNdege]

The difference is open air vs enclosed tank.

Because gasoline is more volatile, the “air space” in the tank above the liquid gasoline quickly becomes too rich to explode.

But, with kerosine’s lower volatility, the air & fuel vapors in the space above the liquid stays leaner and remains an explosive mixture.

Am I making sense?

[goron]

Just use the word ‘Flashpoint’. A full tank of kerosine has about the same flashpoint as a full swimming pool full of water.

[snarkytart]

That was actually part of the back of the plane propelling upward as it was on fire as it broke apart. Another commercial pilot was right there when 800 exploded. He was giving the ‘okay’ for 800 to move up as he moved down and as he flashed his lights 800 blew up in front of his eyes.

[Vaquero]

700 witnesses here on my turf of LI saw the missile strike. None were interviewed. JFKs press secretary Pierre Salinger had info from Frances spy agency that it was a missile strike.

The question is WHO. Not what caused it. And Clinton buried the whole thing.

[ballplayer]

Over 200 witnesses,ever see any of them interviewed? Do you wonder why?

[newfreep]

IIRC, Rush mentioned he knew James Kallstrom quite well as a person of high integrity and believed Kallstrom’s explosion theory.

An aside, I rarely listen to Rush anymore since he officially joined GOP-establishment and avoided exposing Romney as a liberal during 2012 primaries.

[exit82]

I know, I don’t listen much anymore either.

I find myself asking “What’s the point?” Nothing changes.

He comments, he entertains, but let’s face it—he does not accomplish anything, he doesn’t risk anything. He doesn’t lead anything—not even a call-in blitz on DC.

He is content to comment but he does not confront.

I need something more.

[exit82]

Caveated with an offer he couldn't refuse.

Makes one wonder, doesn't it? So much of the Clinton era seems to be replaying under Obama, only worse; a kind of perverse Groundhog Day.

[exit82]

Within a couple of days of TWA Flt. 800 going down Kallstrom was summoned to Washington. It was after his return from Washington that he got behind the exploding empty fuel tank theory to the exclusion of all other possible causes. Kallstrom got his marching orders from his handlers at FBI headquarters.

Thanks for remembering that.

jimjohn, your comment in post 32 is answered here.

[McGruff]

It's good to see this story back in the news. We all suspect a cover-up. It was an election year you know.

[RedwM]

the Air Nat’l Guard was in the air at the same time, one of the pilots said on cnn that he saw the explosion, right after he had dropped his flares. His name was Major Weiss.

[CodeJockey]

The difference is open air vs enclosed tank.

Yes it does.