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On July 17, 1996, #TWA800 was blown out of the sky shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. 
Two hundred thirty people died in the crash. Investigators and journalists have covered the event, and the official cover story is that an electrical failure in the 747 caused the fuel tanks to explode. #TWA800
The United States Navy was running a training exercise off Long Island at the time, testing the Lockheed Martin SPY-1A radar system on the Frigate USS Carr, under the command of Commander Keith L. Wray. #TWA800
