TWA Flight 800 Documentary to Expose Cover-Up, Film's Producers Claim
A new documentary alleges that the plane crash involving TWA flight 800 was not an accident and that there was other information that never made it to the public sphere.
That flight's 230 passengers all perished when the plane headed for Paris, exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
The film's producers are submitting a petition requesting the National Transportation Safety Board reopen its investigation based on new evidence offered by the documentary and are helping the film spurs the public to back the petition as well.
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"The family members need to know what happened to their loved ones," Tom Stalcup told CNN. When asked why there is still information missing, Stalcup stated, "that's a question that should be answered when this investigation gets reopened."
The NTSB ruled that the explosion was caused by an electrical short circuit, most likely originating in a fuel gauge line, which found its way into the center wing fuel tank, where it detonated fuel vapors and caused the B-747 to fall in pieces into the waters off Long Island.
Skeptics have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces, with some speculating that a rocket brought down the airliner.
Hank Hughes is featured in the documentary and was a senior accident investigator with the NTSB and helped reconstruct the aircraft. Others close to the investigation include Bob Young, a TWA investigator who participated in the investigation, and Jim Speer, an accident investigator for the Airline Pilots Association, are both backing the petition to reopen the investigation.
"These investigators were not allowed to speak to the public or refute any comments made by their superiors and/or NTSB and FBI officials about their work at the time of the official investigation," a news release announcing the documentary said.
"They waited until after retirement to reveal how the official conclusion by the (NTSB) was falsified and lay out their case," the release added.
The documentary, "TWA Flight 800," will premiere July 17, the 17th anniversary of the crash.
