In the blink of an eye : the FBI investigation of TWA flight 800 / Pat Milton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, Pat.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aircraft accidents--New York (State)--Long Island Region.

Aircraft accidents.

Aircraft accidents--North Atlantic Ocean.

Aircraft accidents--Investigation--United States.

Aircraft accidents--Investigation.

United States.

Terrorism.

North Atlantic Ocean.

New York (State).

Physical Description:

xii, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Random House, [1999]

Summary:

Like the sinking of the Titanic, the crash of TWA Flight 800 just off long Island, New York, in the early evening of July 17, 1996, captured the world's imagination. Associated Press reporter Pat Milton has covered the story from day one and was granted unprecedented access to the FBI investigation - the largest and most complex in the agency's history. Initially suspecting that a crime had been committed, James Kallstrom, the head of the FBI's New York office, led the two year investigation from the start. In the Blink of an Eye offers a rare look at the efforts of several government agencies - which often had different missions - to find the truth about the most mysterious and disturbing disaster in aviation history. As Kallstrom and his agents tried to piece together the sequence of events that preceded the explosion of Flight 800's center fuel tank, the victims' families also had to come to terms with the tragedy. Their anguish was as much on Kallstrom's mind as the details of the mystery itself. In this vivid account. Pat Milton takes us inside the homes and lives of the victims' families as well as inside the investigation, and as close to the real cause of the crash as we'll ever come.

Contents:

1. The Beepers 3

2. Ordinary Flight, Extraordinary People 35

3. Bright, White Light 61

4. Ready for War 99

5. A Body Slips Away 119

6. Burden of Proof 131

7. A Submarine Surfaces 145

8. Raise the Flag 157

9. With Him All the Way 175

10. The New Cold War 193

11. Dog Days of Summer 219

12. Coefficient of Friction 233

13. Piecing the Puzzle 249

14. Cries of Conspiracy 265

15. Process of Elimination 285

16. Point, Counterpoint 311

17. The Long Good-bye 327.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0375500863

OCLC:

41026598