[river rat]

We STILL don’t know the truth about TWA 800.
The “explanation” of a fuel vapor explosion, simply isn’t convincing....

[zeebee]

I don't even believe the story about the O-rings on the Challenger.

[livius]

I was living in NYC at the time and from the early reports, I think TWA 800 was brought down not by a bomb but by a shoulder fired missile that was fired from the Long Island coast. Interestingly, I heard that an El Al flight was supposed to leave at that time, but had been delayed and TWA 800 was in its slot.

However, I think the AF flight from Brazil probably was just a horrible conjunction of bad weather, a plane with problems (Airbus has already sent out messages to airlines owning this plane) and perhaps some freak malfunction.

[Big_Monkey]

"The “explanation” of a fuel vapor explosion, simply isn’t convincing...."

I don't know if you've ever worked on any of your own cars or bikes, but a mostly empty or completely empty fuel tank is the single biggest hazard that home mechanics face. An empty fuel tank has tremendous explosive potential. Which is why the empty fuel tanks on military aircraft, including the 747 used as AF1, are filled with inert gas.

The TWA 800 fuel tank scenario is EXTREMELY plausible and very likely.

[Carley]

On a panel on MSNBC moderated by chrissy tingles some years ago added TWA 800 to the list of terror attacks. This panel also had jon carry as a guest and he agreed.

[genghis]

i agree

[hinckley buzzard]

We STILL don’t know the truth about TWA 800.

George Stephanopolous who was in the White House at the time, called it a "shootdown." I'll take George's word for once.

[bgill]

Too many witnesses in the TWA 800 to keep that one quiet, but they sure tried.

http://whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/CRASH/TWA/twa.html