TWA Crash Probe Focuses on Cockpit
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Investigators looking for clues to the TWA Flight 800 disaster worked to untangle a ton of twisted metal, gauges and wires that were once part of the cockpit. The examination of the demolished cockpit held out the prospect of advancing an investigation that so far has been unable to explain why the 747 jetliner blew up in flight over the ocean off Long Island, killing all 230 aboard. Searchers reported recovering one more body, raising to 195 the number of victims found.
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