CNN Special Investigations Unit
Season 2006 Episode 8 - No Survivors: Why TWA Could Happen Again
An examination of the July 17, 1996, tragedy involving the Paris-bound TWA Flight 800, which exploded 12 minutes after taking off from New York's JFK International Airport. Included: animation that shows how a fuel-tank explosion caused the plane to break apart; a look at initial concerns that terrorism may have been to blame, and how the National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause---an electrical short circuit. David Mattingly reports.
Episodes in Season 2006
Hope & Heartbreak---Inside the Sago Mine Tragedy
60 min
26 Hours of Terror
60 min
We Were Warned: Out of Gas
60 min
The Last Days of Pope John Paul II
60 min
Chasing Angelina---Paparazzi and Celebrity Obsession
60 min
How to Rob a Bank
60 min
Wounded Warriors
60 min
No Survivors: Why TWA Could Happen Again
60 min
The Town That Fought Back
60 min
Combat Hospital
60 min