The flight data recorder (FDR) on TWA 841 recorded just four parameters: altitude, g loads (vertical acceleration), heading, and airspeed. Today's modern digital flight data recorders (DFDR) can record 28 parameters and even more on fly by wire aircraft. When the NTSB investigators decided that the …
35 Miles From Shore – The Film
Everyone who writes a book entertains the possibility that their story would make a great film. I certainly felt that way about my book. So I spent a little over six months adapting my book into a screenplay. I sent it off to an agent and they agreed to represent it. But first they had some …
A little background on the CVR
One of the unsolved mysteries concerning TWA 841 involves the supposed erasure of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR). Early in the investigation it was discovered that all but the last nine minutes of the CVR was blank. The NTSB leaked that the CVR had been erased, and overnight the crew became the …
How it all started
In this video clip Hoot Gibson retells a story he's told a thousand times. It's a story that has been unchanged from the first time he told it some 33 years ago. It's the not the same story of how the NTSB explained the upset, not even close. As you listen, you might hear a clue that was overlooked …
The emotional toll of being wrongfully accused
It's one thing to be accused of something that you didn't do. It's another thing to deal with that type of wrong day in and day out. You try to forget about it, but it's always there, lurking around the corner. Just when you start to feel comfortable and confident, someone makes an unsympathetic …
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The Boeing Scenario
In addition to working on a book about TWA 841, I am also working on a documentary. So just as I will be posting bits and pieces of the book project I will also be adding video clips. The video clip below is Hoot Gibson describing the Boeing Scenario. (Note: Having trouble viewing the video? Try …
