Here's one of them--former NTSB investigator Hank Hughes, explaining his role and opinion. For what it's worth, the damage pattern seen on MH17, a verifiable missile shoot-down, didn't resemble what can be seen on the reconstructed TWA 747. But, we don't know what the wings or horizontal stabilizers looked like or the tail fin as they were not included in the rebuild. Nor were the engines.
And we still don't know why agencies like the CIA were involved in explaining to the public the NTSB's implausible scenario that the nose fell off and the rest of the aircraft ascended several thousand feet, which was meant to explain away eyewitnesses who said they saw missile streaks.
Meanwhile, few if any aircraft have been retrofitted for nitrogen inerting systems, which were supposed to prevent future similar crashes, of which there have been none. And cargo aircraft were not included in this recommended fix because we all know cargo aircraft don't blow up or something. So you decide.
Regardless, the official probable cause is in the books and will not be changed anytime soon. Eventually the skeptics and cynics and conspiracists will die off and the story of flight 800 will be relegated to the corners of history. But there's someone running for president right now who might know a little more than the average Joe.
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