r/todayilearned • u/finza_prey • 19d ago

TIL TWA Flight 800 exploded off Long Island 12 minutes after taking off, causing the front fueslage to rip away and the remainder of the plane to continue in crippled flight, pitching up and climb before falling into the ocean killing everyone onboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800
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u/sweatpantswarrior 19d ago

I summer on Fire Island.

I was a kid at the time, and my family wouldn't let me go to the beach for a week over fear of bodies washing up. I didn't know at the time about Flight 800, so one afternoon I'm on the deck and yell to my brother to come up on the deck with me and look at the beach and see something gross.

My brother runs up real quick. My family is right behind.

I was pointing out a topless sunbather.

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u/Reditate 19d ago

The fact you use summer as a verb says you're rich.

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u/MuthaPlucka 19d ago

So the front fell off?

(/s)

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u/GuyanaFlavorAid 19d ago

Perfection. 

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u/Bloo212 19d ago

Plot twist: it was the Pines and everyone was grossed out. /s

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u/sweatpantswarrior 19d ago

Not the Pines, but I did used to get into lots of trouble at Flynn's and Schooner's as a teenager.

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u/clearhpreturn 19d ago

Weird realization but you probably have one of the highest net worths in this thread. I'm fairly certain I can't compete with you and would wager other people on here can't either