What REALLY Happened to TWA Flight 800...and WHY?

EDIT: Out of respect for the victims, off-topic comments below will be deleted.

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On July 17, 1996, 230 people – all passengers and crew members – were killed when TWA Flight 800 exploded and crashed near my hometown on Long Island.

Was the plane crash an accident, caused by an exploding fuel tank, or was the plane attacked by one or more missiles? If the latter: was it a military mishap or an act of war? Here is my research.

At the TWA Flight 800 Memorial on Long Island there are 14 flags allegedly representing the nationalities of the victims; why does Wikipedia indicate there are 13 flags? Could the flags mean something else entirely?

From my research: the plane was a flying daycare center…over 45 children were on the plane. The ages of most of the child victims are not disclosed on available passenger lists.

Speaking of children prematurely dying: guess which world leader happened to be in New York just before the crash?

(NOTE: I originally posted a six-minute video, but am replacing it with this 20-minute video.)