Wasn't this the same NTSB head-bozo behind the TWA 800 crash investigation. Ya' know the crash that had the CIA produce the "zoom climb" theory animation. Whereas the 747 managed to climb for several thousand feet without a nose section forward of the wings, and with serious aft CG in order to account for the wittness reports of a missle hitting the plane so they could make believe that it was burning fuel trailing from the plane that wittnesses thought was the trail of the missle that hit it?

'nuf said.

Then ya' got the guy from the FBI, James Kalstrom, who supported this garbage theory.

I wouldn't listen to anything Jim Hall has to say.

Also, I am sure some of you actually think TWA 800 went down due to a spark in the mostly empty center fuel tank too along with AA587 going down being solely due to Sten Molin, the FO, and his use of the rudder after a wake turbulence encounter.

Otherwise, I wouldn't hire Hall to shine my shoes, and I don't need to be a 121 left seat guy to say that either.