Re: Wash Post on unexploding missile

Michael Wiik (mwiik@netcom.com)
Tue, 24 Sep 1996 07:43:39 -0700 (PDT)

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> At 07:35 AM 9/23/96 -0700, Michael Wiik wrote:
> >FYI
> >
> >The Washington Post today says that investigators are examining whether
> >a missile could have passed thru the belly of TWA 800 without
> >exploding.
> >
> >This might lend some credence to the friendly-fire theory, since I
> >understand that navy practice missiles have their warhead replaced
> >with a telemetry package.
>
> IAN: Interesting. This would might explain the plane braking apart
> and falling for some distance, it got cut in half. But then what
> ignites the fuel? I am encouraged that they missile story is
> net being canned, it seems.

The WP reports the fuel would have possibly been ignited by the
missile hitting the fuel tank, even though it lacked a warhead.

TidBit: This story was minor, buried inside. The news last night
discounted the missile theory on the grounds that the plane was out
of range of shoulder-fired missiles(?!?!?).

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