Re: Wash Post on unexploding missile

Ian Goddard (igoddard@erols.com)
Mon, 23 Sep 1996 20:01:57 -0400

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.

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