No Survivors: Why TWA Could Happen Again
Show: CNN Special Investigations Unit --> Season: 2006 - Season 2006
AirDate: 7/15/2006
Runtime: 60
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Overview: An examination of the July 17, 1996, tragedy involving the Paris-bound TWA Flight 800, which exploded 12 minutes after taking off from New York's JFK International Airport. Included: animation that shows how a fuel-tank explosion caused the plane to break apart; a look at initial concerns that terrorism may have been to blame, and how the National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause---an electrical short circuit. David Mattingly reports.