Associated Retired Aviation ProfessionalsPost Office Box 90, Clements, Maryland 20624 USA The Case Against the Zoom-Climb of TWA Flight 800 On July 16, 1996, TWA Flight 800 was climbing out of JFK when it experienced an explosion of the center fuel tank at 13,800 feet. Everything forward of the wing was blown away. That much everyone agrees upon. This occurred offshore of Long Island within eyesight of thousands of people. The FBI interviewed about 750 witnesses and about 100 of these witnesses saw a bright streak rising towards TWA800 prior to the explosion. In an effort to explain what these...