TWA flight 800: Quick Facts

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Facts

Date	July 17, 1996
Location	Atlantic Ocean

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Pierre Salinger claimed that the U.S. Navy shot down TWA flight 800, thereby popularizing one of the conspiracy theories regarding the flight.
Many initially suspected that terrorism was to blame for the disaster.
There is a memorial on Long Island, New York, dedicated to the victims of the plane crash; it includes flags from all 13 of the victims' home countries.

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