[Lower Deck]

If it was military it could have been a small team on a small craft perhaps testing a new system and it went awry.

So if you're going to test a new missile system then you do it by shooting into the busiest air traffic corridor in North America? Good plan. </sarcasm>

[PhiloBedo]

An El Al B-747, with Netanyahu on board, was due to depart JFK in front of TWA 800. They asked for a delay (not unusual in the day of INS) and pulled into a holding area. TWA 800 took off in El Al’s time slot.

It wasn’t about a Navy test.