3 TWA VICTIMS RECOVERED.Byline: Laura Williams and Wendell Jamieson New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. Divers pulled three more bodies from the wreckage of TWA TWA Time-weighted average, see there Flight 800 on Saturday as they awaited the arrival of another high-tech Navy salvage ship to aid in the recovery of more victims and debris. Searchers using an experimental laser also spotted what appear to be two more bodies southwest of the Boeing 747's debris field and were preparing to recover them, said Robert Francis Robert Francis is the name of:
In all, 143 of the 230 passengers and crew members have been recovered from the wreckage of the Paris-bound plane, which exploded and plunged into the Atlantic 11-1/2 minutes after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK on July 17. On a day that saw the crash investigation suddenly eclipsed by news of a bombing at the Olympic Games Olympic games, premier athletic meeting of ancient Greece, and, in modern times, series of international sports contests. The Olympics of Ancient Greece Although records cannot verify games earlier than 776 B.C. in Atlanta, Francis said he had been assured that the probe of Flight 800's destruction was still a top national priority. ``This investigation will be fully staffed,'' he said during a morning briefing. Sources said no FBI agents had been reassigned from the TWA probe to Atlanta. The Grapple - sister ship of the Grasp, which has been moored above the wreckage for nearly a week - is expected to arrive Monday from its base in Norfolk, Va., Francis said. With its 30,000-pound lift capability, the Grapple is expected to help in the recovery of the jumbo jet's massive, 4.4-ton engines, two of which were discovered on the ocean bed Friday. The two others are still missing. As a bolstered force of 100 divers pressed the hunt Saturday morning about 10 miles from Moriches Inlet, officials confirmed that metal fragments had been found in many of the victims' bodies. But the fragments, they said, provided no hints about what caused the catastrophic explosion that ripped the plane apart. ``Obviously, it could be different things,'' said FBI Special Agent Joseph Cantamessa, who hesitated to describe the fragments as shrapnel. ``The definition of shrapnel is really an important issue,'' he said, adding: ``There are various pieces of something that have been, of course, identified in several of the victims.'' Said Francis: ``There are a lot of different things it could be.'' Officials also confirmed that radar images of the plane show it breaking apart roughly 24 seconds after the initial explosion, which apparently cut off power to the so-called black box data and cockpit voice recorders. But the radar images provide no hint of whether the pilot and crew members were alive and trying to regain control of the jet before it was finally enveloped en·vel·op tr.v. en·vel·oped, en·vel·op·ing, en·vel·ops 1. To enclose or encase completely with or as if with a covering: "Accompanying the darkness, a stillness envelops the city" by a fireball fireball, very bright meteor leaving a trail in the sky that can remain visible for several minutes; often a distinct sound, perhaps caused by very low frequency radio waves, is associated with it. . ``There was no indication of any activity,'' said Norm Wiemeyer, an NTSB NTSB abbr. National Transportation Safety Board investigator who specializes in air-traffic control air-traffic control air n → Flugsicherung f and radar. ``There was no indication that anyone was even alive.'' In all, the plane traveled 2.5 miles after the initial blast before hitting the sea. |
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