wiring that led inside the tank got a short circuit that led into the tank. the safety board couldn t determine the cause of the park that got into the tank. because the ntsb was unable to pinpoint what set the center fuel tank off they only came up with a probable cause and not a definitive cause that has given rice to people feeling that this plane was brought down by a bomb or a missile. i was suspicious about the investigation. there was at least two seconds purposely deleted from that flight data recorder. i trusted the government before we went through this. i do not trust them now. ] my prn allowed me to start investing for my retirement. transamerica made it easy.
have played a role in this, as well. clearly, if we had determined this was a foreign actor or a terrorist group similar to what happened on 9/11, that president clinton would not have hesitated to take action. the investigation was huge from the standpoint of its involvement. we have to look at the people on the plane, who were they? was their background? were they mentally stable? who put anything on the plane? who took it off? who could have had access to the center of the airplane where the baggage is stored? what s their background? where do they come from? what s their criminal record? are they citizens? you start to see the size of the investigation. we re talking thousands of people. as to a missile theory, who was on long island that night? who was there in a car, on a porch, walking down the street,
twa exploded right in front of me. i knew right away there were no survivors and it was kind of a sickening feeling. i saw a bright light and then white smoke plume behind it and an explosion. i do believe i saw a missile. there was obviously, some suspicion it might be a terrorist act. we do not know what caused this tragedy. i want to say that again, we do not know, as of this moment. the investigation was looking at almost every possibility, including state actors. we thought about gaddafi and libya. we were looking at iraq and saddam hussein. the president was prepared to take whatever action needed to be taken. a huge potential crime scene. this investigation could be the largest carried out by the fbi. i had 1,000 agents working on the case. my fiancee was on the plane. my sister paula with her son nine years old.
the nose fell off, i m sure he didn t see that because the airplane is now on lift and the nose is dark and surrounding water is dark so what he probably saw was the fire ball when it occurred. the fbi 16 months into the investigation determined there was no evidence of a bomb or missile and closed their active investigation. the ntsb then took over, four years later, the ntsb came out with a probable cause. good morning and welcome to this meeting of the national transportation safety board. this leads to the inescapable conclusion the cause of the in flight break up of twa flight 800 was a fuel flight explosion in the center tank. the accident occurred in a hot day in july and the airplane was sitting on the tarmac at the
witnessed, the crash of twa flight 800 . it just blew up in the air and we saw two fire balls go to the water. twa exploded right in front of me. i knew right away there were no survivors and it was kind of a sickening feeling. i saw a bright light and then white smoke plume behind it and an explosion. i do believe i saw a missile. there was obviously, some suspicion it might be a terrorist act. we do not know what caused this tragedy. i want to say that again, we do not know, as of this moment. the investigation was looking at almost every possibility, including state actors. we thought about gaddafi and libya. we were looking at iraq and saddam hussein. the president was prepared to take whatever action needed to be taken. a huge potential crime scene. this investigation could be the largest carried out by the