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Lying to people is easy when most believe what they want to believe anyway, or what they can be induced into believing. Ask any government, church, political party, or advertising executive.
After all these years, the truth about TWA Flt.800!?
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usairways_vote_NO
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Let me guess you are making this is a Democratic political thing and you love Rush?
usairways_vote_NO
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"Two hundred and thirty" people died on that flight, and all you can do is ----make it a political thing!!?
nycbusdriver
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Not a really good explanation. The election was only about 15 weeks away when the crash took place. Certainly the investigation had not even really begun before the election was over. They were probably still collecting wreckage. The truth could have come out soon after the election.
nycbusdriver
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Sure it makes sense. Airplanes are carefully designed to keep these things from happening, but no design is 100% free from the possibility of failure. But, because of the care in the design, stuff like this is very rare. Why hadn't the rudder fallen off other airplanes? Well, there had to be a first to draw attention to a problem that no one knew existed. And, once discovered, the structure was redesigned and the procedures were refined. That's why vertical stabilizer are not falling off other A300s.
Same with the rudder actuator pack on the B737. In that case it took two disasters for the engineers to figure it out....UAL in Colorado Springs, and US Air in Pittsburgh. But, now that the design flaw has been identified, we don't have other 737s falling out of the sky for that particular failure.
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politics aside, this phrase from the article should be leading to the release of information which hasn't been made public....
“They also provide radar and forensic evidence proving that one or more ordinance explosions outside the aircraft caused the crash.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/18/twa-flight-800-investigators-break-silence-in-new-documentary-claim-original/#ixzz2WfDPqNiM
“They also provide radar and forensic evidence proving that one or more ordinance explosions outside the aircraft caused the crash.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/18/twa-flight-800-investigators-break-silence-in-new-documentary-claim-original/#ixzz2WfDPqNiM
jimntx
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Have you ever considered that medication and/or therapy might help you overcome your paranoia?
If the fuel pump or wiring caused the explosion in the fuel tank then ask yourself this question. We can all agree that Aircraft components have to pass certain standards before they get certified for use and the maintenance of aircraft are closely monitored and work documented. OK so here is the question.
Why is it that we do not see or hear about cars on the road world wide with electric fuel pumps inside the tanks blowing up while driving down the road? How many cars are there in this world at one time on the move on our roadways? OK so that is two questions but I think I made my point.
I read a book shortly after the incident. Forgot the title at the moment but it brought out many good points and questions to counter the governments claims. One point it brought out was the time line at the moment the aircraft exploded or broke apart. According to the book based on information gathered the fuselage broke apart in two just forward of the wing line and the aircraft continued to climb up and forward due to its momentum. The forward section that broke off pitched down away from the rest of the aircraft. But the interesting thing is that the center tank explosion occurred AFTER the break up of the fuselage. So what caused the break up of the fuselage before the center fuel tank explosion?
Why is it that we do not see or hear about cars on the road world wide with electric fuel pumps inside the tanks blowing up while driving down the road? How many cars are there in this world at one time on the move on our roadways? OK so that is two questions but I think I made my point.
I read a book shortly after the incident. Forgot the title at the moment but it brought out many good points and questions to counter the governments claims. One point it brought out was the time line at the moment the aircraft exploded or broke apart. According to the book based on information gathered the fuselage broke apart in two just forward of the wing line and the aircraft continued to climb up and forward due to its momentum. The forward section that broke off pitched down away from the rest of the aircraft. But the interesting thing is that the center tank explosion occurred AFTER the break up of the fuselage. So what caused the break up of the fuselage before the center fuel tank explosion?
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jim------ I personally know, and have talked to, people who were on the boats, and in that hanger, of recovered wreakage of flight 800. I've been in center fuel tanks of our 747's, quit posibely "that" same tank. ------ Have you? Answer me one quick question! How many 747's were "grounded" because of this finding, after the crash? None!------- And "if" it was, as they say, a center fuel tank that exploded, why weren't they grounded to find out why?
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TWA/IAM sent Inspectors, and Tech Crew Cheifs, to the crash sight, from the Overhaul Base here at MCI, to observe, and ansist in the investigation.------ Read the IAM's findings on the crash of Flt.800! http://twa800.com/iamaw/iamaw.htm
At the time of the accident TWA was recovering quite nicely, international bookings were strong going forward, the airline winning a few JD Power awards for customer service, new Royal Ambassador first class services upgrades and more. The accident caused TWA ( being a internationally known airline ) to lose millions by the minute. TWA's great hub , JFK (747 departure ) reduced to an international crime scene. The front cover of Time magazine was adorned with a picture of the accident. the media coverage was in high gear. http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19960729,00.html?artId=2103553?contType=gallery
The accident happened near NYC, media capital of the world, the home of ABC, CBS, NBC, the NYtimes, Wall Street Journal, you name any big media it's here. TWA had to book entire hotels to accommodate hundreds of relatives of the dead onboard the doomed flight and pay travel expenses to the relatives as well. Americas's Big City Mayor Giuliani kept calling TWA incompetent on TV and in the press. Everyone joined the " Bashing TWA " bandwagon.
Employee moral and ticket sales plummeted.
Before 800 TWA was wounded but making a comeback .
FLT 800, more than passengers and crew died that day.
TWA RIP.
Give me a break...Lockerbie was put on the map, sadly I might add as a result of PanAm. NYC is the undisputed media capital of the entire world. I don't see millions of people in Lockerbie on New Years Eve waiting for the New Years Ball to drop whilst billions around the globe watch the count down on TV . So an unrelenting media can cause great damage to any company, especially one on the mend as TWA.
I'm sure that the Lockerbie Gazzette covered the story well but their front pages didn't affect PanAm's bottom line, as 24/7 coverage by CBS, NBC, ABC, here where all three companies are headquartered did to TWA.
Yes there were many factors before and after the led to TWAs failure, but 800 was indeed a big stall in it's forward movement.
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The cracks in their story continue to widen!!!------ http://news.yahoo.co...-141624708.html http://newday.blogs....sh/?hpt=hp_tvbx
