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The crash of TWA Flight 800, and that of ValuJet Flight 592 earlier in 1996, prompted Congress to pass the Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Act of 1996 as part of the federal aviation appropriations bill. Among other things, the act gives NTSB, instead of the particular airline involved, responsibility for coordinating services to the ...
TWA Flight 800; A TWA Boeing 707-331, N768TW, sister ship to the accident aircraft ... Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was an international scheduled passenger ...
TWA 800, a Boeing 747-131, was a scheduled international passenger flight from New York City to Rome, with a stopover in Paris.At about 20:31 EDT, on July 17, 1996, about 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), TWA 800 exploded and then crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York.
TWA Flight 742, a Boeing 707-331B, experienced severe in-flight oscillation over the Pacific Ocean; 1 critically injured passenger died two days later. September 8, 1974 Flight 841 , a Boeing 707-331B , crashed in the Ionian Sea off the Greek coast after a bomb on board exploded, killing all 88 on board.
He led the investigation into the 1996 explosion of TWA Flight 800. [5] He was also a supervising agent in the New York investigation of the Cosa Nostra criminal network that resulted in the Mafia Commission Trial of 1985–1986. [6] Kallstrom left government work for private sector employment in the financial industry beginning in 1998. [4]
TWA Flight 800 (11 P) Pages in category "Trans World Airlines accidents and incidents" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
TWA Flight 800 is a 2013 documentary television film promoting discredited conspiracy theories about the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800.The film explores claims that a missile strike had actually downed TWA Flight 800, contrary to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conclusion that a short circuit caused the 1996 fuel tank explosion. [1]
Breistroff died on N93119, the Boeing 747-131 used for TWA Flight 800. Michel Breistroff (February 5, 1971 – July 17, 1996) was a French professional ice hockey defenceman. [1] Breistroff was born in Roubaix, France. A graduate in anthropology from Harvard University, he died at 25 in the crash of TWA Flight 800 off Long Island, New York.