A new documentary on the 1996 explosion that took out TWA Flight 800 shows "solid proof" that there was an external detonation according to one of the film's producers.
"Of course, everyone knows about the eyewitness statements, but we also have corroborating information from the radar data, and the radar data shows a(n) asymmetric explosion coming out of that plane, something that didn't happen in the official theory," Tom Stalcup said to CNN's "New Day."
All 230 passengers and crew were killed when the New York-to-Paris flight crashed July 17, 1996 shortly after taking off from John F. Kennedy airport.
The six former investigators have all been brought back for the documentary titled "Flight 800," scheduled to be shown on the EPIX cable network.
The movie will feature "new evidence" that there was a high velocity explosion, specifically that debris was "ejected perpendicular and southward" from the plane at MACH 4 according to CNN.
A number of people have come forward since the crash all saying the same thing, that there was an external force that brought the plane down according to Stalcup. The documentary features 30 eyewitnesses, most of which said a missile-like object was traveling toward the plane.
"The family members need to know what happened to their loved ones," Stalcup said according to CNN.
The film fails to answer why such information might have been suppressed, and Stalcup is hoping the world will get its answer once the case is reopened according to CBS News.
The National Transportation Safety Board officially recognized a receipt of the filmmakers' petition, which was signed by a number of former investigators, requesting that the investigation be reopened for further examination.
"As required by NTSB regulation, a petition for reconsideration of Board findings or a probable cause determination must be based on the discovery of NEW evidence or on a showing that the Board's findings are erroneous," said board spokeswoman Kelly Nantel.
The board's investigation of TWA 800 lasted four years and still remains "one of the NTSB's most extensive investigations," Nantel said.
Stalcup said close to 700 eyewitnesses saw a streak of light heading toward the plane, but none of them were allowed to testify at public hearings a year later.
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