Byron remembered the incident. During an evening in July 1996, a plane took off from JFK airport on its way to Paris. But just off the coast of Long Island, it exploded, killing all 230 passengers onboard. The investigators concluded the crash was due to a frayed wire in the center fuel tank, but such conclusion contradicted all eyewitnesses who watched the incident unfold from the shoreline. “All indications were that there was a sudden catastrophic breakup of TWA Flight 800,” he said finally. “The Boeing 747 must have been shot by a missile.” “Not so, Byron. All the reviewed radar data showed no radar returns consistent with a missile or other projectile traveling toward Flight 800.”
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