TWA 800 - WABC - 1996-07-17
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[0:00] uh and uh they have so far found very
[0:03] little the burning wreckage continues to
[0:05] burn in the water but uh it is sinking
[0:07] now into the water as uh the uh as the
[0:11] glow begins to go down so they have had
[0:14] no help out there from nature we spoke
[0:16] about that earlier there's no moon out
[0:18] there to help them they are relying on
[0:20] their searchlights and uh so far those
[0:22] search lights have turned up nothing
[0:24] thank you again
[0:27] joined us late we are reporting the
[0:29] crash of a TWA jetliner with 281 people
[0:32] aboard in a fireball moments after
[0:34] taking off for Paris and it plunged into
[0:37] the waters off Long Island on Wednesday
[0:39] night that that these you see on the map
[0:41] where it approximately where it went in
[0:43] in the Moriches Inlet just off the
[0:45] Mauritius Inlet something like like uh
[0:48] 10 miles off the Moriches Inlet 281
[0:51] people aboard something like 32 crew and
[0:53] 249 passengers and they were headed for
[0:56] Charles de Gaulle Airport plane crashed
[0:58] or exploded or did whatever happened at
[1:00] about 8 30 this evening we want to offer
[1:02] you again the passenger hotline number
[1:04] it's
[1:06] 1-800-438-9892 again the hotline number
[1:10] 1-800-438-9892 we do know that family
[1:12] members are going to JFK Airport about
[1:15] 10 family members and we have arrived at
[1:18] the airport and we have Jack Walsh with
[1:20] us this evening
[1:22] 747 pilot now retired Jen bill go ahead
[1:26] one one thing that has been brought up
[1:28] and I know people say the TWA did it
[1:31] does a fine job in maintaining older
[1:33] aircraft if this was a 747-100 which
[1:35] means if I understand correctly it was
[1:38] manufacturing somethin