NTSB:Witness Group Chairman's Factual Report (PDF)

On July 17, 1996, at about 2031 EDT, a Boeing 747-131, N93119, crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, about 8 miles south of East Moriches, New York, after taking off from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The airplane was being operated on an instrument flight rules flight plan under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 121, on a regularly scheduled flight to Charles De Gaulle International Airport (CDG), Paris, France, as Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight 800. The airplane was destroyed by explosion, fire and impact forces with the ocean. All 230 aboard were killed.
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