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"Unrelated but relevant" is an oxymoron.

Edit: it occurs to me that you might legitimately not understand the downvotes. TWA 800 was the center of a lot of conspiracy theories about it being shot down by a US Navy missile, up to and including purported eyewitness accounts of a missile plume. Drawing the comparison between what looks likely to be a shootdown and a relatively mundane fuel tank explosion that spawned lots of conspiracy theories about a shootdown is a good way to sound like a conspiracy nut.



I was also down voted. Had no idea about the conspiracy theories (I'm not American). Just saw a documentary about it recently.


Lots of info on Wikipedia for anyone who wants to read more:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800_conspiracy_theor...

I recall the conspiracies got a lot of attention at the time, but I'm sure it all depends on how old you are and what you were actually watching, listening to, or reading.




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