Missing Bodies From TWA’s Rows 17 to 28
Most of the still-missing victims from TWA Flight 800 were seated in rows 17 through 28, the likeliest location of the explosion that brought down the plane. The largest concentration of missing bodies are those of passengers assigned to rows 22 through 24 in the middle section of the cabin, according to passenger documents. The crash killed 230 people. By Wednesday afternoon, all but 22 bodies had been recovered by divers working into their second month. Of those, 12 were assigned to rows 18 through 28, the airline documents show.
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