On July 17, 1996, a Boeing 747 exploded in midair off the coast of Long Island. The flight from New York City to Rome with a stop in Paris broke apart and fell into the ocean below. The 230 ...

On July 17, 1996, 212 passengers and 18 crew members boarded TWA Flight 800, unaware of the tragic, unimaginable fate they would meet just moments later. At 8:19 p.m. the Boeing 747 took off for ...

On Wednesday morning, she arrived at Long Island MacArthur Airport from St. Louis for her annual visit to the TWA Flight 800 Memorial at Smith Point County Park in Shirley. The memorial honors ...

In 1996, Paris-bound TWA Flight 800 was carrying 230 people when it exploded minutes after taking off, killing everyone on board. The plane’s wreckage fell into the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island.

Now the reconstructed remains of TWA Flight 800 from July 17, 1996, are being dismantled and will later be destroyed out of respect for the loved ones of the 230 people who died on that tragic day.

Photos: TWA Flight 800′s Boeing 747 wreckage to be destroyed, 25 years after crash An agreement between the NTSB and TWA 800 families to move the jet to Virginia specified the remains be used ...