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PHOTO LOOK BACK: TWA Flight 800 plane crash in 1996

Friday, July 17, 2015
The Boeing 747 exploded mid-air and landed off Long Island's east shoreline on July 17, 1996.
The Boeing 747 exploded mid-air and landed off Long Island's east shoreline on July 17, 1996.
Investigators combed waters for debris from the plane, in an attempt to determine what happened.
Investigators combed waters for debris from the plane, in an attempt to determine what happened.
Friday, July 17, marks 19 years since the crash of TWA Flight 800, which killed 230 people. The NTSB ruled that overheated fuel tank vapors caused the explosion.
The NTSB pieced together the debris collected to re-create the Boeing 747.
NTSB investigators determined after a four-year investigation that the explosion was caused by overheated fuel tank vapors, and not a bomb or missile.
Debris was collected from around the crash area.
More than 200 witnesses said they saw a streak of light heading toward the plane before it broke apart.
The NTSB issued a 400-page report on the accident, accompanied by more than 17,000 pages of supporting material.
A memorial site for the 230 victims was created in Smithpoint, N.Y.
A memorial site for the 230 victims was created in Smithpoint, N.Y.
Despite the NTSB's report, conspiracy theorists say a bomb or missile still can't be ruled out.
Friday, July 17, marks 19 years since the crash of TWA Flight 800, which killed 230 people. The NTSB ruled that overheated fuel tank vapors caused the explosion.
Officials said an examination of witness statements showed that what people thought might be a missile was actually the trajectory of the plane after the fiery explosion.
A memorial was taken out the crash site where 230 poeple died in TWA Flight 800.
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PHOTO LOOK BACK: TWA Flight 800 plane crash in 1996The Boeing 747 exploded mid-air and landed off Long Island's east shoreline on July 17, 1996.
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Friday, July 17, marks 19 years since the crash of TWA Flight 800, which killed 230 people.

The NTSB ruled that overheated fuel tank vapors caused the explosion after the plane took off from JFK International Airport.

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