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Independent Safety Board Act of 1974 to investigate transportation accidents, determine the probable causes of the accidents, issue safety recommendations, study transportation safety issues, and evaluate the safety effectiveness of government agencies involved in transportatiOpen final report at PDF page 4NTSB AAR-00/03: In-flight breakup, TWA flight 800
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flight rules flight plan. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the TWA flight 800 accident was an explosion of the center wing fuel tank (CWT), resulting from ignition of the flammable fuel/air mixture in theOpen final report at PDF page 18NTSB AAR-00/03: In-flight breakup, TWA flight 800
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limited availability outside the United States. 365 The Safety Board did not determine the probable cause of this foreign accident because it had no statutory authority to do so. However, several hypotheses addressing the sequence of events and possible causesOpen final report at PDF page 197NTSB AAR-00/03: In-flight breakup, TWA flight 800
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transport-category airplanes in which the Board had used the words "wire" or "wiring" in the probable cause. In addition, the Safety Board reviewed other available records involving wiring- and/or fire/smoke-related air carrier events, including the following: � Boeing laboratoOpen final report at PDF page 199NTSB AAR-00/03: In-flight breakup, TWA flight 800
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accidents/incidents that occurred between 1983 and 1999 in which wiring was a factor in the probable cause. These events occurred on a wide variety of airplane types/manufacturers (including a 727, two 737s, a 747, a 767, a DC-8, a DC-9,Open final report at PDF page 200NTSB AAR-00/03: In-flight breakup, TWA flight 800
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that must be fully addressed through appropriate changes, including rulemaking. 3.2 Probable Cause The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the TWA flight 800 accident was an explosion of the center wing fuel tank (CWT), resultingOpen final report at PDF page 326NTSB AAR-00/03: In-flight breakup, TWA flight 800