Flight 800 Streak May Have Been Fuel

Investigators looking into reports of missile sightings before the crash of TWA Flight 800 now believe the streak of light witnesses reported seeing may actually have been a stream of burning fuel. The theory could help to clear up one puzzling element of the July 17 crash of the Paris-bound jumbo jet off Long Island, which killed 230 people, CBS and CNN reported during the weekend. Investigators now believe an explosion in the jet’s center fuel tank spewed a trail of burning fuel that could explain witness reports of a mysterious streak of light, accounts that led to early theories the plane was brought down by a missile.