Overnight, TWA Flight 800, a Boeing 747 en route to Paris and Rome, catastrophically exploded off the coast of Long Island, New York, resulting in the tragic loss of all 230 passengers and crew members.
The incident shocked the nation and led to extensive investigations into the cause of the mid-air explosion.
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A U.S. government inquiry determined that a mixture of fuel and air had ignited accidentally within a fuel tank, but some independent investigators maintained that the flight had fallen victim to a missile.