Fast Facts: TWA Flight 800 Disaster

SHIRLEY, N.Y. – Facts about the anniversary of TWA Flight 800 disaster:

WHAT

— 10th anniversary of the crash of TWA Flight 800.

WHERE

— New York.

CASUALTIES

— 230 people died.

FLIGHT

— Left John F. Kennedy International Airport for Paris on July 17, 1996.

— Exploded in a fireball.

INVESTIGATION

— Officials determined that TWA 800 was destroyed by a center fuel-tank explosion.

MEMORIAL

— Begins at 3 p.m. EDT.