Auto, Aviation & Transportation Flight path of TWA 800: The colored rectangles are areas from which wreckage was recovered. TWA Flight 800 was a Boeing 747 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York, on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people on board. The cause of the crash was initially unclear. However, after a lengthy investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) concluded that the most likely cause was an explosion in the center fuel tank of the aircraft, probably caused by a short circuit. The aircraft took off from John F. Kennedy...