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Article: TWA jetliner was used in bomb drill Could explain chemical traces found
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- September 21, 1996
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The TWA jet that exploded in July was used a month earlier in a
training exercise for bomb-sniffing dogs that involved placing
packages of explosives on the plane, possibly explaining the traces
of chemical residue found in the wreckage, FBI officials said
yesterday.
In a surprising half-page statement, the FBI disclosed that the
Boeing 747 that would become the ill-fated TWA Flight 800 was used
"as part of a routine recertification test for a dog," and test
packages with explosive chemicals were placed aboard the plane.
All the packets were removed after the June 11 exercise, but their
presence on the plane could explain why investigators found the
microscopic chemical traces.
Before ...