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Amid surging hopes that the cause of the crash would soon be revealed, both boxes--the cockpit-voice and flight-data recorders--were flown immediately to the NTSB lab in Washington, where experts spent much of Thursday in preliminary analysis. The flight-data recorder, which automatically tracks a number of the plane's navigational and mechanical processes, had been partly damaged by salt water, though officials believe much of the encoded information can eventually be salvaged...
EAST MORICHES: After a day of investigation that NTSB vice chairman Robert Francis called the most unproductive since Flight 800 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, salvage work is continuing on the remains of TWA's flight 800. Ten bodies were recovered on Thursday, leaving only 46 of 230 victims unaccounted for. Also pulled from the ocean was a 40-foot long piece of the plane's fuselage, the largest chunk recovered so far. No explosive residue has been found yet on any of the recovered pieces. The FBI and NTSB still say they have not gathered enough forensic evidence...
EAST MORICHES, N.Y.: One day after divers recovered the voice and data recorders from the wreckage of flight 800, NTSB Vice Chairman Robert Francis said that the investigation into the crash is closing in on an explanation for the crash: "There is evidence down there that is going to tell us what happened to this aircraft." Analysis of the voice recorder shows that two minutes before TWA flight 800 exploded and crashed, the cockpit crew was casually discussing an erratic fuel flow gauge on the number four engine. Other than that, Francis said, the 747 was operating without any "anomalies...
...crash within one week." While forensic scientists continue to evaluate the information from the tapes and data recorder, Rivera says, the FBI is continuing what they're calling a "world-wide investigation." She adds: "There have been some very low points in this investigation, but it seems the NTSB and the FBI are now on the right path." -->