TWA Flt. 800 was reconstructed in an investigation - and was destroyed in a criminal act. Was it struck by a missile or did it have a bomb onboard the plane? Reconstructing the plane will help find out.

The NTSB report on TWA 800 determined that the most likely cause of the disaster was a center fuel tank explosion that resulted from faulty wiring.

The plane was reconstructed because the cause of the crash was not initially evident. When three airliners crash into large buildings within an hour of each other, and a fourth crashes into a field in Pennsylvania, the cause is evident.

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