Flight 800 Fuel Probes Pass Test
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
An analysis of two fuel measuring devices from TWA Flight 800 shows no sign of an electrical problem that would have caused the plane’s center fuel tank to explode, a federal spokeswoman said. “Tests on the two fuel probes were unremarkable,” said Shelly Hazle of the National Transportation Safety Board. NTSB investigators had been studying the 6-foot-long rods for more than a week to learn whether they might have sparked the July 17 explosion.
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