TWA Flight 800 Baltimore Hearings. Unknown vessels were close to the victim aircraft when it exploded. After almost 3 years following the disaster, officials refuse to identify some of the radar tracks passing quite near the victim aircraft. At least one of those unidentified tracks was virtually underneath the aircraft when it exploded. Immediately after the explosion it fled the scene instead of arriving to lend rescue and recovery assistance.
Officials continue to refuse to identify that vessel.
The Flight Data Recorder's information needs further interpretation. The FDR abnormalities remain unexplained almost three years after the crash. The armed services have not been sufficently frank. Despite initial official denials that military exerises had been scheduled for the ocean ares just to the south of victim aircraft's flight path, it was later determined that military exercises had indeed been carried out not far from the disaster scene. The numbers and types of military ships south of Long Island at the time of the accident were also initially minimized and misrepresented by officials.