Re: TWA 800: THE CAT IS OUT !!

Ian Goddard (igoddard@erols.com)
Sat, 16 Nov 1996 05:33:15 -0500

At 02:58 PM 11/14/96 -0800, James Rogers wrote:
>
>> ...consider that the area off-shore was reserved for navel maneuvers
>> that night, and that such were reported early on, and that witnesses
>> saw flares being dropped before the explosion (flares are used to
>> divert the course of heat-seeking missiles),
>
> When did they start installing missile countermeasures on commercial
> aircraft? A 747 does *not* have flares, and therefore, could not have
> dropped them.

IAN: The flares were dropped by a HC-130 involved in the Navy
maneuvers just a few minutes before the missile flew up and
hit the 747. They were not dropped by the doomed 747.

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