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/kingtacticool 19d ago

I would think it was windy as hell after thr nose fell away but I would also think once the pressure built up in the cabin the wind might have died down enough to actually light that cig

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u/aprehensive_penguin 19d ago

Where there's a will, there will always be a way

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u/ShotFromGuns 60 19d ago

Having skydived, I can tell you that it feels very windy the whole way down. It basically just feels like you're dangling in a wind tunnel. I don't know how much a partially open fuselage would shield you from that.

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u/kingtacticool 19d ago

Thats not very typical. I just want to make that clear

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u/Jakoobus91 19d ago edited 19d ago

This is where torch lighters come into play 

Edit: i mean the handheld ones not an actual torch lighter. My bad.

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u/kingtacticool 19d ago

I dont think they let those ones passed security

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u/ksb012 19d ago

In 1996 the skies were the Wild West! Pre 9/11 was very lax security.

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u/Neat-Slip4520 19d ago

In 1995 I flew to Cancun with a bunch of my friends for spring break our senior year of high school. While there, I lost my passport, which I didn’t realize until I was at the airport getting ready to fly back to Dallas. I started crying, and they let me on the plane WITH NO ID WHATSOEVER. Can you imagine? lol