[31]:3[41]:4 The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, an invited party to the NTSB investigation, criticized the undocumented removal by FBI agents of wreckage from the hangar where it was stored. But even though we're physicians, we're still human. [1]:3 At 8:29:15pm, Captain Kevorkian was heard to say, "Look at that crazy fuel flow indicator there on number four see that? To honor this agreement made with the families of the victims of TWA Flight 800, the NTSB will work closely with a federal government contractor to dismantle the reconstruction and destroy the wreckage. [1]:137, To better determine whether a fuel-air vapor explosion in the CWT would generate sufficient pressure to break apart the fuel tank and lead to the destruction of the airplane, tests were conducted in July and August 1997, using a retired Air France 747 at Bruntingthorpe Airfield, England. [1]:fig. [57] In a press release, the NTSB stated: "After a thorough review of all the information provided by the petitioners, the NTSB denied the petition in its entirety because the evidence and analysis presented did not show the original findings were incorrect. The NTSB found that the probable cause of the crash of TWA Flight 800 was an explosion of flammable fuel/air vapors in a fuel tank, most likely from a short circuit. But one customer said the motives are far more complicated. [41]:5 Since the primary objective was to identify all remains rather than performing a detailed forensic autopsy, the thoroughness of the examinations was highly variable. [1]:272279 After analysis, the investigation determined that these potential sources were "very unlikely" to have been the source of ignition. The NTSB Final Report gives Oliver Krick's age as being 24. [1]:1 All 230 people on board died in the crash; it is the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history. He acknowledged that families of the victims are extremely impatient for their loved ones to be identified; 16 have been tentatively identified and the dentist colleague has been positively identified along with his wife traveling with him on Flight 800. When investigative priority remains with the NTSB, the FBI must coordinate its investigative activities with the NTSB investigator-in-charge. The FBI interviewed at least 755 witnesses. TWA's senior management had spent Wednesday celebrating in London. CNN's traffic quadrupled to 3.9 million views per day. TWA800 was behind the target, and with the likely forward-looking perspective of the target's occupant(s), the occupants would not have been in a position to observe the aircraft's breakup or subsequent explosions or fireball(s). According to Purvis, the safety board addressed the missile idea in its report. [1]:63 In one of the largest diver-assisted salvage operations ever conducted, often working in very difficult and dangerous conditions, over 95% of the airplane wreckage was eventually recovered. But James K. Kallstrom, who is heading the criminal arm of the investigation for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, told the Medical Examiner last week that he had no objection to the release of the autopsy reports to the next of kin. . Flight 800 has begun releasing details to family members who request them. The TWA press release gives 25. [1]:258259 Testing conducted by the FAA's Technical Center indicated that residues of the type of explosives found on the wreckage would dissipate completely after two days of immersion in sea water (almost all recovered wreckage was immersed longer than two days). This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Transportation Safety Board. That added some time to the investigation.. It was one of many moments since the crash of TWA Flight 800 when personal feelings intruded on the practiced professionalism of disaster workers. [1]:109,263 Shortly after, the left wing separated from what remained of the main fuselage, which resulted in further development of the fuel-fed fireballs as the pieces of wreckage fell to the ocean. Whenever they turn on their televisions, the oceanfront resort of East Moriches is associated not with pleasure but with the horror of the Flight 800 crash, since it is the community closest to the crash site 10 miles south in the ocean. From that investigation we issued safety recommendations that fundamentally changed the way aircraft are designed.. A 3-D scan of the reconstruction will be made for historical record. [1]:264, The NTSB concluded, "the witness observations of a streak of light were not related to a missile and that the streak of light reported by most of these witnesses was burning fuel from the accident airplane in crippled flight during some portion of the postexplosion, preimpact breakup sequence". [1]:8789 None of these contacts intersected TWA 800's position at any time. So far, only a couple of families have received the reports, and Dr. Wetli declined to give specifics. [1]:xvi Problems with the aircraft's wiring were found, including evidence of arcing in the fuel quantity indication system (FQIS) wiring that enters the tank. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. Autopsies reveal that most passengers aboard the ill-fated TWA Flight 800 died almost immediately in the air, sparing them the long plunge into the ocean after the plane broke. 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On July 24, 2012, this FOIA release was re-uploaded to address technical issues. See the article in its original context from. Recovery workers searching the wreckage of Trans World Airlines Flight 800 found the bodies of dozens of victims of the crash yesterday in a large area of debris on the ocean floor off Long Island. "There's a process called onioning,' where you can keep covering up the levels of trauma one on top of the other," said Louis Gallagher, coordinator of Suffolk County's community mental health response team who has been working 20-hour days counseling victims' families. The aircraft was refueled, and a crew change was made; the new flight crew consisted of 58-year-old Captain Ralph G. Kevorkian (who had flown for TWA for 31 years and the U.S. Air Force for 9 years), 57-year-old Captain/Check Airman Steven E. Snyder (who had flown for TWA for 32 years), and 63-year-old Flight Engineer/Check Airman Richard G. Campbell Jr. (who had flown for TWA for 30 years and the U.S. Air Force for 12 years), as well as 25-year-old flight engineer trainee Oliver Krick (who previously served as a business pilot for 4 years), who had flown for TWA for 26 days and was starting the sixth leg of his initial operating experience training. "You'd better, or you're not going to be able to last.". ''They are very cold, chilling documents,'' he said. [40]:2[41]:7[39]:12, Much anger and political pressure was also directed at Suffolk County Medical Examiner Dr. Charles V. Wetli, as recovered bodies backlogged at the morgue. Flight 800 Autopsy Reports Are Given to Victims' Families, https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/04/nyregion/flight-800-autopsy-reports-are-given-to-victims-families.html. Flight that exploded and crashed in 1996 off the coast of New York, The reconstructed wreckage of TWA 800, stored at. [26][27][28] Since the NTSB does not investigate criminal activity, the United States Attorney General is empowered to declare an investigation to be linked to a criminal act, and require the NTSB to relinquish control of the investigation to the FBI. The rule required airlines to pump inert gas into the tanks. Dr. Charles V. Wetli, the Suffolk County Medical. [1]:85, Because no evidence was found that an explosive device detonated in this (or any other) area of the airplane, this overpressure event could only have been caused by a fuel-air explosion in the CWT. [1]:257 The NTSB concluded that "the in-flight breakup of TWA flight 800 was not initiated by a pre-existing condition resulting in a structural failure and decompression. Any parts of the plane that cannot be recycled will be disposed of in landfills. Taxi and takeoff proceeded uneventfully. Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (TWA800) was a Boeing 747-100 that exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on July 17, 1996, at about 8:31pm. The design and certification concept that fuel tank explosions could be prevented solely by precluding all ignition sources. "The explosion that occurred on TWA 800 was in the center wing fuel tank and was not from anything external," he says. So the appearance of a missile was basically an optical illusion.. [49]:34, Fire damage and soot deposits on the recovered wreckage indicated that some areas of fire existed on the airplane as it continued in crippled flight after the loss of the forward fuselage. He said it was likely that death for the passengers was instantaneous. Expressing frustration at the NTSB's unwillingness to speculate on a cause, one FBI agent described the NTSB as "No opinions. and "How long did the missile fly?" However, I think the most compelling reason to say it was not shot down is that no one has ever claimed responsibility for any act against the plane. [51]:5 In all cases, the witnesses could not be describing a missile approaching an intact aircraft, as the plane had already exploded before their observations began. Victims and wreckage were recovered by scuba divers and ROVs; later scallop trawlers were used to recover wreckage embedded in the sea floor. [1]:273 Based on these simulations, the NTSB concluded that it was "very unlikely" that a warhead could have detonated in such a location where a fragment could penetrate the CWT without other missile fragments impacting the surrounding airplane structure, leaving distinctive impact marks. A List of the Passengers and Crew Aboard Ill-Fated TWA Flight 800 L.A. Times Archives July 20, 1996 12 AM PT Here is a complete list of the 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and. [1]:230 Despite the two and a half years that had elapsed since the accident, the witness group did interview the captain of Eastwind Airlines Flight 507, who was the first to report the explosion of TWA 800, because of his vantage point and experience as an airline pilot. EAST MORICHES, N.Y. (AP) _ The coroner said today he doubts that TWA Flight 800 passengers experienced the horror of a free fall and thinks most suffered an almost instantaneous death. The captain commented on the "crazy" readings of the number 4 engine fuel flow gauge about 21/2 minutes before the CVR recording ended. Among the most valuable aids, said Wetli, is a picture of the victim smiling; the teeth in the picture could be matched against those of bodies. [41]:1 The FBI, from the start assuming that a criminal act had occurred,[41]:3 saw the NTSB as indecisive. The NTSB and the FBI have designated liaisons to ensure that information flows between agencies, and to coordinate on-scene operations. The aircraft had completed 16,869 flights with 93,303 hours of operation and was powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7AH turbofan engines. This authority includes interviewing witnesses. [47][48] In addition, the backs of several damaged passenger seats were observed to have an unknown red/brown-shaded substance on them. HISTORY reviews and updates its content regularly to ensure it is complete and accurate. [1]:45[note 1][12][13][note 2], The ground-maintenance crew locked out the thrust reverser for engine #3 (treated as a minimum equipment list item) because of technical problems with the thrust reverser sensors during the landing of TWA 881 at JFK, prior to Flight 800's departure. [1]:58 The victims' remains were transported to the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's Office in Hauppauge, New York. The FBI may still conduct a criminal investigation, but the NTSB investigation has priority. [62], On July 18, 2008, the U.S secretary of transportation visited the facility and announced a final rule designed to prevent accidents caused by fuel-tank explosions. Plus, investigators applied extra diligence to accommodate a huge amount of pressure applied from many quarters to make absolutely sure this was not the result of a terrorist operation, or an errant missile fired by our, or some other nations, military.. These tests simulated a fuel-air explosion in the CWT by igniting a propane-air mixture; this resulted in the failure of the tank structure due to overpressure. The memorial includes landscaped grounds, flags from the 13 countries of the victims, and a curved Cambrian Black granite memorial with the names engraved on one side and an illustration on the other of a wave releasing 230 seagulls. At Dr. Wetli's request, State Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco issued an opinion on Tuesday saying the families were legally entitled to the documents. [54]:6. [1]:118, Further examination of the airplane structure, seats, and other interior components found no damage typically associated with a high-energy explosion of a bomb or missile warhead ("severe pitting, cratering, petalling, or hot-gas washing"). All 230 passengers and crew were killed. Fuel-air explosion in the center wing fuel tank, In-flight breakup sequence and crippled flight, Analysis of reported witness observations, Possible ignition sources of the center wing fuel tank, Missile fragment or small explosive charge. Some family members wanted to learn whether their relatives had suffered; others sought factual information that might be useful in litigation against Trans World Airlines and the Boeing Company, which made the 747 that exploded minutes after taking off from Kennedy International Airport on July 17, killing all 230 on board. Head, thoracic, and abdominal injuries were multiple and severe, contributing to the mortality of the occupants. [1]:123 Because the research data regarding quenching were limited, a complete understanding of quenching behavior was not possible, and the issue of quenching remained unresolved. Of the accidents that have occurred, spontaneous explosions in mid-air have always been responsible for a very small percentage of the total.. Although the source that led to the explosion was never discovered, the investigation concluded the crashs cause was not a terrorist attack, but an electrical failure that ignited a nearly empty center wing fuel tank in the 25-year-old aircraft. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), side-scan sonar, and laser line-scanning equipment were used to search for and investigate underwater debris fields. [1]:259 The NTSB concluded that it was "quite possible" that the explosive residue detected was transferred from military ships or ground vehicles, or the clothing and boots of military personnel, onto the wreckage during or after the recovery operation and was not present when the aircraft crashed into the water. "It's never very pleasant when you're in this field and you have to autopsy someone you know," said Suffolk County Medical Examiner Charles Wetli. At the time of the crash, 49 CFR 831.5 specified that the NTSB's aviation accident investigations have priority over all other federal investigations. He said the bodies will be identified through medical records and interview materials. [1]:270 The NTSB further concluded, "the witnesses' observations of one or more fireballs were of the airplane's burning wreckage falling toward the ocean". On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off of Long Island, New York. [1]:94 Further, review of the Islip radar data for other similar summer days and nights in 1999 indicated that the 30-knot track was consistent with normal commercial fishing, recreational, and cargo vessel traffic. Web posted at: 10:00 p.m. EST. A safety board investigator later reviewed FBI interview notes and briefed other board investigators on their contents. [1]:100 The Sequencing Group concluded that the first event in the breakup sequence was a fracture in the wing center section of the aircraft, caused by an "overpressure event" in the center wing fuel tank (CWT). Trans World Airlines Flight 800 was carrying 230 people, including four cockpit crew members and 14 flight attendants. [1]:266 The NTSB concluded that given the large number of witnesses in this case, they "did not expect all of the documented witness observations to be consistent with one another"[1]:269 and "did not view these apparently anomalous witness reports as persuasive evidence that some witnesses might have observed a missile. The relinquishment of investigative priority by the [NTSB] shall not otherwise affect the authority of the [NTSB] to continue its investigation under this section, In 2005, the NTSB and the FBI entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that states that, "[i]n the immediate aftermath of a transportation accident, the NTSB is the presumptive lead investigative agency and will assume control of the accident scene." [1]:93 All the reviewed radar data showed no radar returns consistent with a missile or other projectile traveling toward TWA 800. Thus, the gauge anomaly could have been caused by a short to the FQIS wiring. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. [18] Many witnesses in the vicinity of the crash stated that they saw or heard explosions, accompanied by a large fireball or fireballs over the ocean, and observed debris, some of which was burning while falling into the water. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. Passengers in the first-class section of TWA Flight 800 suffered the most extensive injuries of the victims recovered so far, investigators said Monday, strengthening . could have biased interviewees' responses in some cases. It was one of many moments since the crash of TWA Flight 800 when personal feelings intruded on the practiced professionalism of disaster workers. [1]:3, Thirty-eight seconds later, the captain of an Eastwind Airlines Boeing 737 reported to Boston ARTCC that he "just saw an explosion out here", adding, "we just saw an explosion up ahead of us here about 16,000 feet [4,900m] or something like that, it just went down into the water. TWA Flight 800 crashed eight miles off the coast of Long Island at dusk on a clear summer night. [73][74] Destruction of the wreckage was scheduled for completion before the end of 2021.[72]. Following its final report on the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board issued several safety recommendations including regular maintenance programs and design standards for fuel tanks. I made two visits to the mockup the NTSB assembled from the wreckage in a hangar on Long Island at the time, he says. [1]:270, To determine what ignited the flammable fuel-air vapor in the CWT and caused the explosion, the NTSB evaluated numerous potential ignition sources. The NTSB was never able to pin-point the precise cause, but it was clear that it was from within the tank.. "You get a little used to it," he said. Below is a list of those on board, according to family, friends or officials . [1]:6[10][11] On the day of the accident, the airplane departed from Ellinikon International Airport in Athens, Greece, as TWA Flight 881 and arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) about 4:38 pm. Many recommendations came out of the completed investigation, including everything from changes in daily operational procedures to modifications of the center fuel tanks on other 747s, Oakley says. CAPTION: A flower shop sign on Highway 25 outside East Moriches carries sentiments felt by many along the south shore of Long Island, closest land to crash site. The website of The New York Times had its traffic increase to 1.5 million views per day, 50% higher than its previous rate. It takes a great deal of time and high-tech detective work to piece together the often seemingly disparate events in flight which, together lead up to a major accident., Oakley says the length of the Flight 800 investigation was due to a couple factors. Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. [68][non-primary source needed], Heidi Snow, the fiance of Flight 800 victim Michel Breistroff, established the AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services nonprofit group together with families of victims of Pan Am Flight 103. News. [44]:12[52], The NTSB's review of the released witness documents determined that they contained 736 witness accounts, of which 258 were characterized as "streak of light" witnesses ("an object moving in the sky variously described [as] a point of light, fireworks, a flare, a shooting star, or something similar. The report on passenger Susan Hill, a homicide. [1]:93 None of these sequences intersected TWA 800's position at any time, either. The MOU states that: [t]his procedure is intendedto ensure that neither NTSB nor FBI investigative activity unnecessarily complicates or compromises the other agencys investigation. While some victims' bodies were mostly intact, most were either burned, fragmented, skeletonized, or decaying, so they had to be identified by DNA testing and dental records. [44]:6 After the FBI raised concerns about nongovernmental parties in the NTSB's investigation having access to this information and possible prosecutorial difficulties resulting from multiple interviews of the same witness,[44]:6 the NTSB deferred and did not interview witnesses to the crash. Dr. Charles V. Wetli, the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, reluctantly began releasing the autopsy reports after being pressured by family members who sought the details of how their loved ones had died. The explosion that occurred on TWA 800 was in the center wing fuel tank and was not from anything external, he says. EDT, 12 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rome, with a stopover in Paris. [1]:258 This included the pieces on which trace amounts of explosives were found. Behind drawn shades in the autopsy rooms of the Suffolk . [1]:261 There were 50USgal (190L) of fuel in the CWT of TWA 800;[50] tests recreating the conditions of the flight showed the combination of liquid fuel and fuel-air vapor to be flammable. It was one of the two or three most complex accidents I was involved with during my 17 years doing that kind of workin fact, it may have been the most complicated, he says. It is fair to say that we will never see another accident of this kind involving this aircraft type. [1]:363365 An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter of the New York Air National Guard saw the explosion from about 8 miles away; it arrived at the scene of the explosion while debris was still in the process of falling into the water, forcing the crew to pull away. "We can empathize and feel sorry for the families, but we still have a job to do. ATC recording (courtesy Allec Joshua Ibay), International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, surge tank fire that destroyed a 747 near Madrid in 1976, AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services, "In-flight Breakup Over the Atlantic Ocean Trans World Airlines Flight 800 Boeing 747-131, N93119 Near East Moriches, New York July 17, 1996", "Investigators Focus Closely on Terrorism As Cause of Explosion: Chemicals Found on Jet Victims, U.S. Reports", "Terror on Flight 800: Who wishes us ill? However, because of the previous maintenance undertaken on engine #3, the flight crew only started engines #1, #2, and #4. [1]:279, Because a combustible fuel-air mixture will always exist in fuel tanks, Boeing designers had attempted to eliminate all possible sources of ignition in the 747's tanks. Flight 800 was actually a training flight for Kevorkian, and he was seated in the captain's (left) seat. He said some of them are afraid that debris or body parts will wash up. So far, most of the recovered bodies that pathologists are examining have been "relatively intact," said Wetli, but he emphasized that "relative" is itself a relative term. As of 2005[update], NTSB and FBI personnel conduct joint exercises. [1]:4 The last radio transmission from the airplane occurred at 8:30pm, when the flight crew received and then acknowledged instructions from Boston Center to climb to 15,000 feet (4,600m). TWA Flight 800 was en route from New York to Paris when it exploded over Long Island Sound minutes after takeoff. Almost immediately there was speculation that the plane had been the target of a terrorist attack, with many claiming theyd spotted what appeared to be a missile heading toward the plane just before it exploded. Following the NTSB's ruling, the plane was used in training plane crash investigators and families of the victims were allowed to visit it, although it was never opened to the public. Speculation fueled theories that a terrorist act had caused the crash that killed the 230 on board, but an investigation later concluded it was a tragic mechanical error. ''I would not want to read the autopsy of my loved one,'' Dr. Wetli said in an interview. The board determined that the probable cause of the TWA 800 accident was:[1]:308. [59], The wreckage was moved to an NTSB facility in Ashburn, Virginia, that was custom-built for the purpose. On July 7, 2021, 25 years following the crash, the NTSB will decommission the wreckage, which will be destroyed by the end of 2022. The lighthouse statue was designed by Harry Edward Seaman, whose cousin died in the crash, and dedicated by George Pataki. It's no more emotionally stressful than a doctor who deals every day with childhood leukemia. [1]:9596 Hundreds of simulations were run using various combinations of possible times the nose of TWA 800 separated (the exact time was unknown), different models of the behavior of the crippled aircraft (the aerodynamic properties of the aircraft without its nose could only be estimated), and longitudinal radar data (the recorded radar tracks of the east/west position of TWA 800 from various sites differed). [1]:87 Instead, the NTSB conducted a series of computer simulations to examine the flightpath of the main portion of the fuselage. These plugs were blown out following the explosion of Flight 800. The FBI conducted an investigation into the crash to determine if terrorist action was involved in the tragedy; no such action was found in our investigation. [1]:256, At the start of FBI's investigation, because of the possibility that international terrorists might have been involved, assistance was requested from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The certification of the Boeing 747 with heat sources located beneath the CWT with no means to reduce the heat transferred into the CWT or to render the fuel tank vapor noncombustible, This page was last edited on 17 January 2023, at 07:17. Although it could not be determined with certainty, the likely ignition source was a short circuit. Evidence of arcing was found in a wire bundle that included FQIS wiring connecting to the center wing tank. He says fatal incidents tend to occur when an airplane is unintentionally flown into violent weather, usually a thunderstorm or, very rarely, some form of severe clear air turbulence (CAT). What many thought was a missile was actually the death throes of an airplane that briefly went up before it, sadly and inevitably, went down, Oakley says. 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