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Old 20th Feb 2004, 07:13
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EasyBaby
 
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Im not going to promote the whole missle/bomb or any other unexplained incident that brought down TWA 800, but there is one thing that has me wondering. When looking at the wreckage, especialy the rear part of the aircraft, that was supposed to have dived into the sea at over 450mph, it all looks rather undamaged. Looking at photos of another aircraft that dived into the sea in the same way (DC-9 that crashed into the Mediterrainean, i'll try get the photo) the fuselage is crumpled, much the same way as a flattened peice of carboard. The TWA fuselage doesn't seem to have this damage, yet from the reconstruction videos the aircraft dives straight into the ocean. There are large portions of the aircraft skin that retains it's shape. So did the aircraft dive into the ocean at sped or not? I just can't believe the there isn't more crumpling of the fuselage. Any thoughts, or explainations?
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