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TWA Flight 800

  • TV Movie
  • 2013
  • PG-13
  • 1h 30m
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7.4/10
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TWA Flight 800 (2013)
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An independent scientist is joined by former members of the official investigation into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 to blow the whistle on the cover-up of the real cause of the crash.An independent scientist is joined by former members of the official investigation into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 to blow the whistle on the cover-up of the real cause of the crash.An independent scientist is joined by former members of the official investigation into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 to blow the whistle on the cover-up of the real cause of the crash.

  • Director
    • Kristina Borjesson
  • Writer
    • Kristina Borjesson
  • Stars
    • Merritt Birky
    • Roy Blunt
    • Al Dickinson
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    • Director
      • Kristina Borjesson
    • Writer
      • Kristina Borjesson
    • Stars
      • Merritt Birky
      • Roy Blunt
      • Al Dickinson
    • 21User reviews
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    Merritt Birky
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    Vernon L. Grose
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    Robert Hager
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    Bernard Loeb
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      • Kristina Borjesson
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    9jackwolf

    Just another crime in a long list of crimes by our government

    This documentary on the TWA 800 air disaster provides more than enough evidence to cast doubt on the official investigation and the ludicrous explanation that was made up out of thin air to explain why this fully loaded airliner ended up in the Atlantic Ocean.

    Anyone who has studied the TWA 800 event already knows that the official conclusion is completely absurd. Apparently we're to believe that a faulty wire caused the central fuel tank to explode. Yes, the FBI, CIA, and much of our government thinks the average citizen is actually dumb enough to accept this ridiculously implausible and unsubstantiated conclusion. Unfortunately much of the population accepted it without question and moved on with their lives, unaware of the treasonous and deceitful cover- up that was conducted by persons within the FBI, CIA, and NTSB.

    Missiles brought that plane down. The citizens demand to know why!
    random-70778

    Crackpot compete debunked conspiracy using utterly untrue statements

    First of all several of the "investigators" supposedly attached to the investigator of this accident were never attached to the investigation. that is lie number one.

    The "documentary" is filled with falsehoods, misdirection, red herrings and strawman arguments.

    It is a craven attempt to make money off of the families of the dead -- that is disgusting
    9Stewatson35

    Been saying it for years. The alphabet gangs can't be trusted.

    The ATF, the FBI and even the CIA all involved themselves in this disaster where a "dr fauxci" style man gives evidence to Congress about 800 eyewitnesses all being wrong!

    This documentary shows that the people who are supposed to be looking after your own interests, are actively fighting against the truth to keep the country - and world - in the dark as to what really happened.

    Way too many commercial flights just disappear. Something has to be done about this.

    The government still denies the eyewitnesses accounts. All 800 of them.

    They'd use eyewitness testimony in just about any other case. 🤷‍♂️ Go figure.
    10happy_in_side

    This research librarian is convinced

    I'm a research librarian who teaches information literacy to college students. Information literacy is essentially how to find, evaluate, and use credible information. There is such an onslaught of bogus information out there that it's sometimes hard to know what's actually true. One way is to look at primary source documents such as video, photographs, interviews and original research conducted at the time of events. Those involved with this documentary went to great lengths through such means as Freedom of Information Act lawsuits, to gather together primary source documents that, when viewed together with expert testimony from those directly involved in the original investigation, create a much more plausible scenario than the official findings released by the FBI and NTSB.

    I would be highly suspicious of one-star reviews stating things like "Opinions predominate, facts are scarce." I'm someone trained to know the difference and I can say quite confidently that this is not a "conspiracy film" based on innuendo and the convictions of those who hate and distrust the Federal Government. This is a well-researched documentary that asks us to consider an alternative conclusion to the one presented by the FBI and NTSB...a conclusion based on the actual evidence. I for one am convinced and I hope this film will generate enough public outcry to force the NTSB and FBI to reopen the investigation or at the very least, be more forthcoming about their actual findings.
    8embmw

    More FBI lies?

    I'm a huge fan of documentaries in general but I usually stay from this type because the producers are typically pushing their own theory, which is often just plain silly (take the 9/11 conspiracy advocates for example). But that's not the case here-- this film simply exposes a number of very troubling issues with the investigation of Flight 800.

    We know that the FBI lied about certain aspects of the Branch Davidian tragedy in Texas and here we have several long-time NTSB investigators telling us that the FBI concealed and/or "disappeared" evidence, and that a number of FBI agents were caught tampering with evidence. One has to wonder why.

    One eyewitness describes telling her story to FBI agents, who then reveal that they know she has applied for US citizenship and advise her that she should not mention what she saw to anyone if she wants her application to be approved. *If* she's telling the truth then the FBI had done a background check on her *before* getting her witness statement. Why would the FBI run a background check before the fact on a witness to an air disaster? Other witnesses claim to have been intimidated as well. Again, why?

    It's entirely possible that the plane really was brought down by a fuel tank explosion, but that in the earlier stages of the investigation the FBI thought the cause was something they/the US government wanted to conceal. This documentary doesn't push its own theory of the cause so much as it seems to expose a huge number of irregularities in the investigation. If even a few of the claims made within are true the already heavily discredited FBI looks even worse. Considering the FBI's abject failures in the intervening years it's not difficult to believe that the Bureau was playing politics here as well.

    Unfortunately, this film provides more questions than answers, but credit to the producers for not working backward from their own theory and instead simply giving investigators and witnesses a chance to be heard. Sure, it's obvious that the producers don't buy the official explanation for the crash so the film is made from that perspective, but the government had its say in hearings (while apparently suppressing alternate views & evidence), so this piece of work offers an interesting counterpoint.

    See it for yourself and see if it doesn't leave you wondering why the FBI has "botched" so many highly political investigations in the past few decades.

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      Basic military air crash investigation techniques reveal that an external explosion would have peppered the airframe, fuselage and wings full of holes, much like a shotgun blast. If these holes were present, microscopic examination would reveal what direction the external force came from.

      Furthermore micro cratering would be present on the crash debris from molten metal striking the aircraft at high speed.

      None of these features are present on TWA 800 crash debris.
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      Referenced in Pastor Mike Online: Man of Steel Coming to a Church Near You! (2013)

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    • Release date
      • July 17, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
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      • 1h 30m(90 min)
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