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Trevor Collins

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Because of the baggage?

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Because of the bag thing, but also because I believe one of the bag machines was jammed.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

There was some ground equipment malfunctions.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

And so it just kind of delayed the plane an hour and two minutes as far as loading up and everything.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

It's not too bad.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Yeah, there was some malfunctions happening that caused this.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

It's a minor delay, but I want you to remember this because this hour will come to play a little bit in the final consensus.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Okay.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Now, this other part is not necessarily important, so I'm not going to go into the greater details about it.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

But prior to this plane taking off, I think it was the arrival into JFK, if I'm not mistaken.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Engine number three had some repairs on the thrust reverser sensors, as well as some of the wiring was replaced.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

That's just to show you that some mechanics were happening on the plane.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

It's kind of, I'm painting a vivid picture here.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

It's to show a little bit of the age of the plane, but otherwise engine number three is not a huge concern on this flight or in this case.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Sure.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Yeah, right.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Well, there's some redundancies built in.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Trust me, as somebody who studied aeronautical engineering, I don't want anyone to walk away from this episode terrified of flying.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

Flying is one of the safest modes of transportation.

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TWA Flight 800 | 700 Eyewitnesses Saw a Missile. The Government Said They Were Wrong.

I trust inherently the materials and the engineering that goes into these things.