Transcript shows TWA 800 pilots’ routine chatter before explosion
A 54 page transcript released during federal hearings on the 1996 TWA Flight 800 disaster shows pilots discussing restless passengers a fluctuating fuel gauge and normal airspeed changes. Investigators found no abnormal data before the jet exploded over the Atlantic and seek a mechanical cause to prevent a repeat.
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Baltimore
TWA
National Trans
TWA T
Steven Snyder
Snyder
Ralph Kevorkian
No. 4
Alfred Dickinson
NTSB
Dickinson
Boston Air
Star witness attacked in Nichols bomb trial
In Denver AP report defense lawyers challenge star witness Michael Fortier citing methamphetamine induced paranoia and memory gaps. Dr. Abrams testified sustained meth use harms memory and can trigger mood swings, while Fortier said Nichols was present with McVeigh at a storage shed before the bombing. Two other witnesses invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid testifying.
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Denver
Terry Nichols
Michael Fortier
Oklahoma
Fortier
Michael Abrams
Nichols
Timothy McVeigh
Abrams
Broadlawns Medical Center
Des Moines
Iowa
Patrick Ryan
McVeigh
Kingman
Ariz
Alfred P. Murrah Federal
Waco
Jason Hart
Shawn Morris
Hart
Arizona
FBI
McVeigh and Fortier
Unabomber juror concerns emerge during Sacramento jury pool
Prospective jurors in the Theodore Kaczynski case discuss fears of an Unabomber still at large as jury selection enters its fifth week. Judge Garland Burrell Jr. trims the pool, aiming to empanel twelve jurors and six alternates amid debates on death penalty and mental state defenses.
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Sacramento
Calif
Theodore Kaczynski
Kaczynski
U.S
Garland Burrell Jr
University of California
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Methodist Medical Group
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John H. Doran
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