TWA 800: The Crash, the Cover-Up, and the Conspiracy Hardcover – Illustrated, July 5, 2016

The author has obviously researched the subject and has narrated it in a very interesting way.Highly recommend reading!

Cashill has done an excellent job making an overwhelming circumstantial case that TWA 800 was brought down by missile. I know quite a bit about this topic as I was personally about as close as you can get to this tragic event.On 07/17/96, exactly 20 years ago today I was working as First Officer on TWA 900 which was operating JFK to Lisbon. We left the gate on time and got into a 15 or so plane takeoff line for runway 22R. As we got to the number 2 position for takeoff we were told to hold and allow TWA 800 to take our place in the takeoff line. 800 was operating as a "Lifeguard" flight that night meaning they were carrying time critical medical material. (Organs for transplant, etc) This "Lifeguard" status gave a flight priority handling by ATC. (It was common to place that cargo, usually a small cooler, in the cockpit for expeditious handling at destination. I later learned that 800 was carrying corneas for transplant but do not know how they were handled) TWA 800 took off and 2 minutes later we followed them southwest then east towards Nantucket. We were able to get clearance to 19000' while 800 was stuck at 13000' due to other aircraft traffic. They finally got clearance to climb and shortly after that other aircraft began to report an explosion in the air, falling debris and fire on the water, etc. I immediately thought of 800 (bomb in a cooler!?) and look to find them but did not see anything. I later saw the radar plot and I looked in the right relative location but had already passed over the scene.I mention all of this because I am familiar with or knew the TWA pilots mentioned in the book. They are all of superb character and were dedicated aviation professionals and as far from reactionary in temperament as you can get.One of them I talked extensively with one of these gentlemen about all of what had taken place on the hangar floor at Calverton as TWA 800's shattered pieces were bought in. Cashill's narrative is exactly how it was told to me ca. 1999 or so.While I disagree with the conclusion Cashill draws that the US Navy was the culprit I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know the vast degree to which this investigation was manipulated from the earliest stages - but not immediately. When we arrived in Lisbon the morning of the 18th the Captain I was flying with got a call in his hotel room as soon as we arrived (9am local) from the FBI station chief in Madrid. He asked "What did you guys see?" They already new what to look for.

This candid and revealing book describes what the author sees as a cover-up and conspiracy over the explosion of the TWA Flight 800 747 just after takeoff from JFK en route to Paris, with the loss of 230 lives. It was the third worst airline accident in U.S. history. By now most informed readers know of the tragedy and the controversies surrounding the events, the investigation and the principal agencies involved—the NTSB, the FBI and the CIA.The NTSB is ordinarily the primary investigative agency in aviation accidents. In this case the FBI was engaged because of a possible criminal or terrorist act; the CIA was brought in because another nation might have instigated the event. Was it a bomb, mechanical failure or missile? In the end the cause was determined ‘most probably’ to have been caused by a spark from a fuel pump igniting fuel vapors in the centerline fuel tank, though no such ignition and fuel-tank explosion has ever been reported and Boeing did not, apparently, retrofit its 747 fleet to prevent similar occurrences (critical Boeing interests are examined only superficially). All this was covered well by the journalist James Sanders in an excellent earlier book.The author makes a persuasive case for the cover-up based primarily on the scores of highly credible witnesses who saw what they believed was a missile rising from the surface and striking the airliner. He describes many related activities, including the presence of U.S. Navysubmarines and a missile cruiser in the area on the night in question.The agencies involved seemingly went to great pains to discredit witnesses and engaged in many devious practices to prevent external investigation, for example by journalists; and by suppressing or fabricating witness accounts. Only the New York TIMES gained ready access and that newspaper toed agencies’ lines. The CIA animation video of the events strains the credulity of anyone with aviation experience—for example, that the aft section of the aircraft from which the nose had been separated could have risen 3,000 feet after the explosion. The fact that so many questions went unanswered, despite what has been called the costliest crash investigation ever conducted, shows that much went amiss and that the truth has yet to be told.So many anomalous circumstances are cited and so many responsible and reprehensible individuals are named that the book seems credible, not the work of a conspiracy theorist. The author strives to establish his credibility and neutrality and one ends up believing him and the thoughtful men and women who tried to report on the events honestly or who were so outraged by what they considered improper agency behavior that they talked to him candidly. Others may now, perhaps, step forward to corroborate the author’s assertions. The truth must out.The area in which the book runs into trouble is when it tries, stridently, to assert that a massive coverup was undertaken at the behest of the White House under Bill Clinton. The author believes that much that could have revealed the truth was suppressed or perverted at the direct instruction of key administration officials at the top. The tone is strongly political and adversarial, where cool facts would have carried the day. In the end the reader is convinced of the devious, unethical behavior of the government and the media. Why is that not a surprise? If it is feathered, has a beak, waddles and quacks, chances are it’s a duck.

My dad enjoys reading it👍

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As with everything Jack Cashill writes, the book was well researched, organised, and documented. Quite fascinating. At the same time, it is very distressing that, in the most-advanced country in the world, there can be so much corruption and deceit, resulting in such a catastrophic loss of life, all for the purpose of political gain. It is downright astounding that mainstream media is so biased and corrupt that no one has been held accountable, and only those with the guts of Mr. Cashill have the courage and integrity to pursue the truth behind this inhuman travesty.

Fantastic book providing the facts of a very controversial air plane crash. The cover-up and illegal activities of these officials ultimately led to the demise of Swissair 111, and then finally, all the people killed in 9-11. This is a must read for anyone who flies, or even someone who just looks up to see a plane fly over. All these witnesses looked and saw, but no one has believed their story until now. https://www.amazon.ca/Twice-Far-SwissAir-Airplane-Investigation-ebook/dp/B01MUE5A2G