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A Pair of Lawsuits Promise to Expose the Truth Behind the July 1996 Disaster. On July 17, 1996, TWA 800, a Paris-bound 747, blew up ten miles off Long Island’s south shore, killing all 230 souls on board. In the days leading up to the anniversary, I will share some fresh insights on this tragedy and the much too successful cover-up that followed.After 25 years investigating the destruction of TWA Flight 800, I have learned to temper my enthusiasms. That said, I continue to take heart when I see signs of life. Perhaps the most promising development in the case...

Investigator tells Flight International that student pilot tried to fly aircraft to Athens with flightcrew unconscious The Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 that crashed in Greece on 14 August ran out of fuel as a student private pilot attempted to fly the aircraft towards Athens airport because the flightcrew was unconscious, the head of the Greek Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board (AAIASB) Capt Akrivos Tsolakis has told Flight International. The aircraft, with six crew and 115 passengers on board, had been airborne for 2h 59min on a flight from Larnaca, Cyprus to Athens that was scheduled to take about...