Legal Opinion
Lahr v. National Transportation Safety Board
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 22, 2009No. 06-56717, 06-6732, 07-55709PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (“TWA Flight 800”) exploded in midair off the coast of Long Island on July 17, 1996, killing all 230 people aboard. The cause of this dramatic and tragic event remains, for some, in dispute, and that dispute underlies this lawsuit brought under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552.
The government, after an extensive investigation, concluded that the accident was caused by an explosion in one of the aircraft’s fuel tanks, initiated by an electrical short circuit. Ray Lahr is, to put it mildly, not convinced. He maintains…
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