NTSB Will Not Revisit Findings In Crash Of TWA Flight 800

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The National Transportation Safety Board has denied a petition for reconsideration of its findings in the investigation of the 1996 crash of TWA flight 800.

The Boeing 747 departed John F. Kennedey International Airport for Paris when it exploded 12 minutes into its flight on July 17, 1996. All 230 passengers and crew were killed.

The board said Wednesday that a team of investigators not part of the original investigation has confirmed NTSB’s previous finding that an oxygen buildup in a partially empty fuel tank caused an explosion that destroyed the plane in-flight off the coast of Long Island.

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