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KF5JRV > TODAY    18.07.19 00:16z 12 Lines 1887 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Today in History - Jul 17
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Shortly after takeoff this day in 1996, from New York’s Kennedy International 
Airport, a TWA Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Paris explodes over the Atlantic 
Ocean, killing all 230 people aboard. Flight 800 had just received clearance 
to initiate a climb to cruise altitude when it exploded without warning. 
Because the plane was loaded with fuel for the long transatlantic journey, 
it vaporized within moments, creating a fireball seen almost all along the 
coastline of Long Island.The tragedy came just two days before the opening of the XXVI Summer OlympicGames in Atlanta, Georgia, and many suspected terrorism. Suspicions of foulplay seemed to be confirmed when a number of eyewitnesses reported that theyhad seen what appeared to be a missile shoot up toward the airline an instantbefore the explosion. The U.S. Navy and the FBI, in conjunction with theNational Safety Transportation Board, launched an extensive investigation ofthe incident, collecting the scattered wreckage of the aircraft out of theAtlantic and reconstructing the plane in a closely guarded hangar. Despitecontinuing eyewitness reports, authorities did not come forward with anyevidence of a missile or a bomb, and the investigation stretched on.When it was revealed that several U.S. Navy vessels were training in the LongIsland area on the night of the blast, some began to suspect that Flight 800had been accidentally downed by a navy test missile. U.S. authorities ruled outthe possibility of an errant missile strike by the navy, but a number ofconspiracists, including former White House press secretary Pierre Salinger,supported the theory. The much-criticized Flight 800 investigation ended inlate 1998, with investigators concluding that the explosion resulted frommechanical failure, not from a bomb or a missile.

73, Scott KF5JRV
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