CNN just had something on this topic in one of their 'investigative' stories I'd seen teasers for the last few days:

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/12/twa.kimmel/index.html

BILLINGS, Montana (CNN) -- Aerospace engineer Cleve Kimmel's worst fears were realized on July 17, 1996, when TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air after takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.