Word: twa
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EAST MORICHES, N.Y.: After three days of fruitless searches for bodies and major parts of the TWA plane wreckage, search crews found remains of four people and major sections of the plane. The first word of the discovery came Monday afternoon from New York Governor George Pataki during a memorial service for families of the victims near the Long Island seashore. NTSB Vice Chairman Robert Francis confirmed that the bodies and a trail of wreckage were found about approximately nine miles from the shore in a three-by-four-mile area. While Francis called Monday's discovery "a major find...
...YORK: In the aftermath of Tuesday's tragic crash of TWA Flight 800, with the possibility of survivors ruled out, the focus turns Friday towards the complex investigation underway to determine the cause of the crash. TIME aerospace correspondent Jerry Hannifin reports that the NTSB has developed an efficient and effective system for piecing together airplane wreckage and pinpointing the probable cause of what was, in this case, an extremely powerful and violent explosion. "The NTSB puts together a "Go Team" which is headed by a member of the Board. The team is made up of highly specialized experts...
...YORK: Every available Coast Guard craft, including helicopters, ships and planes, were scrambling to reach an area fifgy miles south of Long Island, New York late on Wednesday night after TWA flight 800 crashed shortly after takeoff from JFK airport en route to Paris. The plane reportedly exploded in mid-air. Early Coast Guard reports mentioned life rafts and wreckage in the water, and recovery of some bodies. Some 212 passengers and 17 crew were aboard the flight. -->