The TWA 800 accident actual cause!
There were No missiles and No bombs! The Center Wing Fuel Tank Explosion was not the initial cause of the accident!
TWA 800 encountered a strong aircraft wake vortex at 20:31:12! (Radar evidence and Boston Air Traffic Control's communication to the preceding aircraft, proves the existence of the aircraft traffic!
A 13.5 foot section of the keel beam was torn out of the aircraft's structure, along with the two air conditioning machines, and the first two bulkheads of the center wing fuel tank! These items, along with others, fell into the "Red" debris zone. No items in the "Red" zone exhibited any soot, smoke, or explosive damage!
The Flight Data Recorder (FDR) continued to record until 20:31:20 at which time the FDR and both cockpit clocks stop! The time of the actual explosion, eight seconds after the initial break-up of the structure!
There was a completely stable air mass that evening, the ocean was as calm as a mill pond, (first clue!) In these weather conditions there is little or no dissipation of the preceding aircraft's vortices, or the fuel vapors exiting from TWA 800's wing tip vents!
At the time of the explosion the wing tip vent fuel was ignited and these instantaneous flame fronts streaked down the aircraft's flight path towards the ground! Thus, the eye witness reports of, "missile trails"!
I have copies of both the original and the NTSB modified FDR charts, which I have enlarged to show the radical deviations in all systems at 20:31:12, the NTSB's "End of Data" line, which is the time of the initial aircraft turbulence encounter!
The NTSB claim that the continuation of the FDR chart is from another AA flight is not correct. There is no three inch tape separation to indicate two different flight recordings! The TWA 800 FDR tape is continuous!
If this accident's real cause had not been covered up, the AA 587 accident may not have occurred! (An increase in aircraft separation standards would probably have been ordered.)..
This accident should alert the "industry" to the high inertia problem involving large, massive, aircraft structures, i.e., the Boeing 747 and now the Airbus 380!