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You've misattributed a statement by someone else to me. My point that should have been clear enough is that the IAM report does support the conclusion of an external high-pressure event that caused the CWT explosion as a secondary result. That's basically consistent with the analysis you were saying was not supported by any official report including the IAM report.

Oops, I guess I did, but I assume you agree with the statement since it is the one you tried to support in your post. I was responding to Magician's comment concerning the data on the flight data recorder and his analysis that it "perfectly recorded the over-pressure created by the explosion of the missile". I haven't seen that analysis in any report, including the IAM report. I would think that if the analysis was accurate, the IAM would include it in their theory that an overpressurization event caused TWA 800 to break up. The best the IAM can do is discuss damage to the L3 door area. If that is the only area exhibiting overpressure damage, then that was a very selective burst of overpressure.