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Article: Dynamite Is Considered As Possible Agent on Jet; Lack of Residue Leaves Officials Wondering
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- The Washington Post
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- July 31, 1996
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Frustrated by their inability so far to find explosive
residue on pieces of Trans World Airlines Flight 800, federal law
enforcement authorities are wondering whether the bomb they strongly
believe blew up the aircraft may have been made up of something as
simple as dynamite.
Unlike new high-tech explosives such as semtex, the old
standard explosive dynamite, invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867,
leaves less useful residue, according to law enforcement sources
involved in the case.
Much deeper analysis is needed to confirm a bomb made of
dynamite, such as damage patterns and metallurgical changes in metal
blasted by explosives, the sources said.
FBI officials hold little hope that ...