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In reply to the discussion: Malaysian plane crashes on Ukraine-Russia border - live [View all]Reter
(2,188 posts)It was all over the news in 1996, then days or so later James Kallstrom said weeks earlier, bomb sniffing dogs were on the plane for exercises, and must have left some residue behind. I'm really surprised you don't remember (assuming you were an adult in 1996).
Here's something quick, but it doesn't mention the bomb sniffing dogs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_800_conspiracy_theories
"Explosive residues[edit]
As wreckage was recovered, preliminary testing indicated the presence of explosive residue on three samples of material from three separate locations of the recovered airplane wreckage (described by the FBI as a piece of canvas-like material and two pieces of a floor panel).[14] These samples were submitted to the FBI's laboratory in Washington, D.C., which determined that one sample contained traces of cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX), another nitroglycerin, and the third a combination of RDX and pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN);[14] these findings received much media attention at the time.[15][16] While investigators from the FBI viewed these positive tests as strong indications of a criminal act, the NTSB was more cautious, noting the lack of any patterns on the recovered wreckage characteristic of an explosion."