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BumRushDaShow

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11. I had a neighbor

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Jul 16, 2021, 12:18 PM

Jul 2021

who literally lived 1 block from us, and who was on that flight. Me and my sisters used to play with his kids when we were younger.

I didn't realize they still had the reconstructed fuselage in storage but I can see how the end of the lease for the space would prompt what would be a hard decision. But then the tweet does mention others that the NTSB still have for training so...

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Wreckage from TWA Flight 800 to be destroyed 25 years after crash [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2021 OP

USA Today link here. Says NTSB used it for training, but lease is up. apnu Jul 2021 #1

Why not recycle it? Throck Jul 2021 #2

See my link above. apnu Jul 2021 #4

It crashed July 17. twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #3

If you think that's an odd coincidence, get a load of this: Polybius Jul 2021 #25

I knew there was another one but had forgotten exactly what it was. twodogsbarking Jul 2021 #26

Post removed Post removed Jul 2021 #5

Are you sure you're in the right forum, "FRiend" ? Tarc Jul 2021 #6

Gotcha! Worried2020 Jul 2021 #7

I think it's one of the few things that is monument worthy. CSA personality cult figures aren't ... marble falls Jul 2021 #8

Oh please, do tell me about the mascot names being changed obamanut2012 Jul 2021 #9

Did anyone else find it odd... appmanga Jul 2021 #10

I had a neighbor BumRushDaShow Jul 2021 #11

I Wish RobinA Jul 2021 #12

They did...frayed wires causing a short over central fuel tank EX500rider Jul 2021 #18

I'm just going to say that the NTSB's official hypothesis for the explosion... LudwigPastorius Jul 2021 #13

The flaw in the missile theory hack89 Jul 2021 #14

It could have been a one in a million shot from a shoulder launched missile Polybius Jul 2021 #16

Three problems with that hack89 Jul 2021 #17

Takes a much bigger missile to cause a immediate inflight breakup, esp of a 747 EX500rider Jul 2021 #19

having been on an airplane that once lost cabin pressure imavoter Jul 2021 #23

Brian Williams was on air the night of the disaster. BigmanPigman Jul 2021 #15

Brings back shitty memories PlanetBev Jul 2021 #20

a high school friend was on that plane... RicROC Jul 2021 #21

Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter's wife and niece were on that flight. LudwigPastorius Jul 2021 #22

Video: TWA Flight 800 wreckage teaches lessons 25 years after tragedy - ABC News Rhiannon12866 Jul 2021 #24