TWA Flight 800
Directed by Kristina Borjesson
USA | Documentary | 2013 | 90 min
THE REAL STORY BEHIND TWA FLIGHT 800
An Evening with Investigative Journalist and Whistleblower Kristina Borjesson
Director Kristina Borjesson will screen her acclaimed investigative documentary “TWA Flight 800” and reveal how regulations and procedures protect government agencies from being held accountable for engaging in cover-ups.
Twenty years after TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air off the cost of Long Island, NY, killing all 230 passengers bound for France, the one provable crime connected to the crash is that employees of several government agencies—the CIA, FBI, NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and the Pentagon— colluded to undermine the official investigation and hide the truth about what really happened. The possibility of a disastrous mistake made by military assets in the area has never been fully investigated.
In her documentary, “TWA Flight 800”, Borjesson features six whistleblowers, former members of the official investigation who present the physical evidence showing what really happened to the jetliner. The whistleblowers also explain how officials from the National Transportation Safety Board, the FBI and the CIA stepped in to undermine their investigation.
Why have these officials not been held accountable for their malfeasance? In her talk following the film, Borjesson exposes how the procedures and regulations of different government agencies affect each other in ways that create a blanket of protection for the agencies and their employees, making accountability virtually impossible.
During discussion Borjesson will present some possibilities and pathways for reforming this institutionalized corruption.