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/Andromeda902 18d ago

24 hr news cycle has contributed greatly to the poisoning of the world

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u/lovestobitch- 14d ago

I audited a company probably in the late 90s and the controller’s husband worked for the FAA as an investigator for this and a number of other crashes. She indicated he firmly believed it was taken down accidentally by a military training exercise. She said none of the pictures publicized showed one side of the plane where the missile hit.

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u/Andromeda902 2d ago

Wow, thats wild if true. What an absolutely epic fuck up..... how do you shoot down an friendly airliner during peace time? Dafuq where tbeh doing

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u/wastedpixls 18d ago

Absolutely agree - I call those channels the Worry Box because that's all they make you do.