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TWA 800 - The Latest
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From Craig Roberts <centurion-ct@chouteautel.com>
3-23-00

 
 
TWA 800...the NTSB "report" responds to witness statements of a missile. Once again, the NTSB responds indirectly to allegations raised via internet news sources not carried by the major news sources. Comments to this article are in (*). _____
 
 
 
NTSB: Eyewitness Reports Of TWA Flight 800 Crash Too Conflicting (*with the truth)
 
 
Associated Press 3-23-00
 
More than 700 witness accounts of what happened the night that TWA Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 230 aboard, are too conflicting to lead to any conclusions, federal investigators say.
 
(*With the stroke of a pen all the evidence provided by witness is discarded because they are inconsistent with the Governments version of what happened.)
 
Two new reports from the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday again dismissed theories -- all based solely on witness reports -- that the Boeing 747 may have been downed by a missile in July 1996.
 
(*The Board is only dismissing theories based solely on witness reports. Theories based on physical evidence are not even discussed. The implication of this piece is that all theories are dismissed except the Government version)
 
Investigators believe the crash was caused by a center fuel tank explosion possibly brought on by sparks from worn wiring, but their findings are still not complete.
 
(*That is understandable)
 
Of the 755 people who reported seeing the explosion, only 38 said they saw a streak of light rising straight up or nearly so -- and those accounts "seem to be inconsistent with the ... flight path" of the plane, the NTSB said.
 
(*No, they are inconsistent with the paragraph mentioned above. I recall seeing a picture of the main wing spar for TWA800 where it passed directly under the center fuel tank. The spar was bent upwards on the left side. Please explain how the explosion of the center fuel tank caused the spar to bend inwards against the force of this imagined explosion.)
 
The NTSB, in its Witness Group Study report, said, "FBI witness interviewing was focused on the possibility that a missile had been used against the accident airplane. This focus may have resulted in bias on the part of some of the interviewers.
 
(*This is not what we have heard from individuals interviewed by the FBI. They give a substantially different version of the FBI's interviewing methods. There are reports of intimidation by the FBI and in some cases falsifications on the witness report as to what the person reported.)
 
"Beliefs concerning the possibility of a missile attack may have biased or colored the word choices used in reporting the witness accounts; therefore, these accounts must be interpreted carefully."
 
(*Interpretation-if we don,t like what they say we find an excuse to discount it)
 
A total of 258 witnesses observed a streak of light, the NTSB said.
 
(*I think this number is a little low)
 
Investigators believe the streaks of light may have been from the plane during some stage of its flight before it exploded in a fireball.
 
(Yeah, right!)
 
Public meeting expected later this year
 
(*If this is as open as the Boston public meeting don't hold your breath)
 
The two reports -- the Witness Group Study and the Witness Group Chairman's Factual Report -- are part of an overall examination that is being compiled by the NTSB in advance of a public meeting on the crash expected later this year.
 
The NTSB witness reports conclude that the cause of the explosion cannot be determined through eyewitness accounts alone.
 
(*Of course not, that's why you're ignoring the physical evidence as well)
 
Some witness accounts were too vague, some were too specific, and some contradictory, investigators said.
 
(*Wow, I can't believe the media leaves the statement "some are too specific" unchallenged. They must be referring to Major Meyer in the Blackhawk.)
 
Media reports may have influenced witnesses The witnesses were on land, sea and air. Some were surfers. Many may have been influenced by news media reports about the explosion, investigators said.
 
Most did not realize they were watching a plane explode, thinking rather that what they saw was some sort of fireworks display or other event.
 
"At the time of their observations, almost none of the witnesses realized that they were witnessing an airplane crash," NTSB Witness Group Chairman David L. Mayer wrote.
 
(*So what. It's your job to correlate the observations of these varied witnesses with the physical evidence to come up with a consistent explanation of what happened. If your going to ignore the physical evidence then you have to ignore the witnesses as well)
 
"It is the opinion of each of the group members, that no study of the eyewitness accounts alone can prove or refute the contention that the crash of TWA flight 800 was due to any particular cause," Mayer added.
 
(*Of course, not)
 
"The group strongly believes that the witness accounts must be studied together as a whole, and that they must be considered along with the physical evidence and all of the other information available to investigators."
 
(*But you're not doing that)
 
TWA Flight 800 exploded in midair on July 17, 1996, minutes after takeoff from New York's Kennedy Airport.
 
(*The only factual statement in this whole piece)

 
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