It still takes my breath away : TWA Flight 800 to be scrapped after 25 years | Mike Kelly
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ASHBURN, Virginia The bones of one of America’s worst air disasters are finally being laid to rest.
But there will be no special grave or burial ceremony for the battered, twisted and fire-scarred chunk of fuselage from TWA Flight 800 which exploded minutes after takeoff 25 years ago this month over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 230 passengers and crew members who were bound for Paris and then Rome.
Or as the National Transportation Safety Board officially calls the process: “Certified destruction.”
Before this painstaking dismantling begins, NorthJersey.com and the USA TODAY Network was given an exclusive look Tuesday at the fuselage, which has sat for nearly two decades in a sweltering warehouse just off a highway in a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C.
TWA Flight 800 remnants to be scrapped, 25 years after explosion killed 230 passengers, crew
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By Katharine Jackson
LEESBURG, Va. (Reuters) â For many Washington-area residents, the coming of the 17-year cicadas is a dreaded nuisance, but for chef Tobias Padovano it is a rare culinary opportunity.
In their few weeks on the Earthâs surface, the many billions of 1-1/2 inch-long (3.8 centimeter) black and orange insects will make life noisy and messy for those around them. But they also make a tasty taco.
âMore and more people keep coming to the restaurant itself to say, âHey, do you have the cicadas ready yet? â said Padovano.
His Mexican eatery in Leesburg, Virginia, about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of Washington, regularly features grasshopper tacos, so adding cicadas to the menu as a limited-time special was an easy transition.