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New TWA Flight 800 film coming out

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Filmmaker Tom Stalcup is releasing a new film on July 17th alleging that TWA Flight 800, which crashed in 1996 due to an explosion in the center fuel tank, was actually brought down by an external explosion(s).

An unreleased documentary on the 1996 TWA Flight 800 explosion offers "solid proof that there was an external detonation," its co-producer said Wednesday.

"Of course, everyone knows about the eyewitness statements, but we also have corroborating information from the radar data, and the radar data shows a(n) asymmetric explosion coming out of that plane -- something that didn't happen in the official theory," Tom Stalcup told CNN's "New Day."

A number of people have come forward, "all saying the same thing: that there was an external force -- not from the center wing tank, there's no evidence of that -- but there is evidence of an external explosion that brought down that plane," Stalcup said.

He cited "corroborating information from the radar data" and complained that "not one single eyewitness was allowed to testify -- that's unheard of."
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I've not read anything on this crash in some time. Anyone familiar with Tom Stalcup and what radar data he might be presenting that hasn't been considered before?
 
A number of people = Salinger following goombahs.

Usually the idiots say it was a missile from a US Navy ship. Never mind there were no missile capable ships in the region and somehow an entire crew that launched a missile has kept silent about it for years.
 
patchbunny said:
Filmmaker Tom Stalcup is releasing a new film on July 17th alleging that TWA Flight 800, which crashed in 1996 due to an explosion in the center fuel tank, was actually brought down by an external explosion(s).



I've not read anything on this crash in some time. Anyone familiar with Tom Stalcup and what radar data he might be presenting that hasn't been considered before?
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It is a movie. If it was real they would not be waiting 27 days to present the "big story", break the big conspiracy. Would be a crime. Instead it is woo. Movie fiction, breaking the big story is, Pulitzer.

Remember, when you are delayed in a 747, do not run the AC packs on the ground with the center wing tank empty, but not purged of fuel. Guess what 747 had to be inspected for the same problem... hint (one)

Filmmaker asserts new evidence
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..., taking junk and making up nonsense.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nat...eories-crash-twa-flight-800-article-1.1376580

The former NTSB investigators were what? Collecting parts, engineers, or conspiracy nuts with part of the puzzle. The NTSB can take evidence at anytime and check their results. Oops, the evidence is not real, it is part of a movie from a man who is upset with the NTSB and FBI.

http://tomstalcup.wordpress.com/about/
http://flight800.org/
 
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When it comes to TWA 800, I would refer people to the book entitled Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. Specifically, the chapter entitled "Beyond the Black Box" in which the forensic examination of the human remains from the disaster is recounted with an emphasis towards just what can be learned about an incident from them.

The short version: a fuel tank explosion, not a missile strike, is the story told by the human remains from the flight.
 
I just happened to watch this on CNN at the fastfood chain I am at, atm. One of the journalists shows a video with someone (probably Stalcup but I dunno) looking at radar of the flight. The journalist showed that there was no missile blip on the radar heading to the plane and the guy didn't deny it.

What a lame CT.
 
We often criticize CTs for jumping to conclusions before the evidence is in, should we wait till we have seen the documentary before dismissing it?
 
But if it was a shoulder-fired missile launched by terrorists in a small boat, why would the investigators cover that up? Other passenger jets have been attacked by terrorists. Investigators didn't deny that Air India Flight 182 and Pan Am Flight 103 were terror attacks.
 
LaurelHS said:
But if it was a shoulder-fired missile launched by terrorists in a small boat, why would the investigators cover that up? Other passenger jets have been attacked by terrorists. Investigators didn't deny that Air India Flight 182 and Pan Am Flight 103 were terror attacks.
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According to CTists, whatever the government says is a lie. So if they say it wasn't terrorists, it was, and if they say it was, it wasn't.
 
How plausible is the shoulder-fired missile theory anyway? Presumably this missile would have been fired from a small boat at night with the target at an altitude of about three miles and it scored a nearly direct hit. Do missiles exist that are that portable and accurate, and how readily available are they?

I'm surprised that we haven't heard more CT around AA flight 587, the airliner that crashed into a New York neighborhood shortly after 9/11 and killed 265 people. It seemed to vanish from the news remarkably quickly, considering that it was even deadlier than frequently-discussed accidents like Pan Am Flight 103 and TWA Flight 800. The NTSB cited rudder overuse as the cause. Come on CT'ers, get on this.
 
Kilaak Kommander said:
How plausible is the shoulder-fired missile theory anyway? Presumably this missile would have been fired from a small boat at night with the target at an altitude of about three miles and it scored a nearly direct hit. Do missiles exist that are that portable and accurate, and how readily available are they?
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I was doing a bit of looking into this question earlier. It's just barely plausible that a man portable anti aircraft missile could do this. The plane exploded at about 16 000 feet, which is near the limit of such missiles. There were various types available at that time, which reported maximum ranges between 16 and 20 000 feet.

So, if they had one of the best available, and were skilled enough to make one of the hardest shots they could attempt, it's possible.

Of course, it still needs to be shown that this was actually done, and also leaves open the question of why, if they had access to the weapons and the skills to use them, they didn't use them again? They'd have to have had more than just one missile in order to learn how to use them this well. Would they really have blown off all but one in practice?
 
Wouldn't terrorists typically take responsibility, one way or another if they had shot the flight down?
 
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