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The plane either outside the plane, inside the plane, penetrating the plane, concussion from the missile, no evidence of it. >> reporter: he says the suggestion of a cover up is nonsensical, jon. jon: wow. so we take a look at it all over again. rick leventhal, thank you. >> reporter: sure. jon: let's take a closer look at what we know about twa 800. it crashed 14 minutes after takeoff. the national transportation safety board spent four years investigating the tragedy. more than 95% of the pieces of the plane were recovered from the ocean floor. investigators were able to reassemble 727 signi...

1978. an nbc news crew captures a small plane spiraling to the ground after it collided a half mile up with a larger 727. >> behind us we heard a tremendous explosion. we knew at that point it was more than just a single plane, and of course found out later it was an airliner. >> both pilots in the cessna are killed, along with all 135 aboard the jet, and seven people in the residential neighborhood below. police set up a makeshift morgue at a nearby high school and immediately the questions begin. who's at fault, what caused this tragic accident. how could it have been avoided? to understand ...

View. >> clear to land. >> 172 struck the leading edge of the right wing halfway across the span. that's the famous picture, you see smoke and fire trailing from the right wing of the boeing 727. >> as a result it pulled the nose further and further down and they couldn't stop it and they lost control. they didn't have control of the jet and it tragically went into the ground. >> in its final report, the ntsb faults the psa crew for failing to maintain visual separation from the cessna, and for failing to inform the controller when they no longer had the other aircraft in sight. contributing t...

Told about a small general aviation airplane. >> it cessna, the psa flight crusade yes, we see them. at that point they are responsible for maintaining separation. >> the crew initially saw the airplane, then lost sight of it. talked about it amongst three pilots in the airplane. ed, do you know where that cessna 172 is, i think it passed off the right side. >> they're required to tell air traffic control they no longer have the cessna in sight. that didn't happen. >> the cessna 172 actually deviated without clearance from its assigned heading. unfortunately it was in a position directly in fr...

>> welcome back, well, buckle up for this one. for anyone who has anxiety about taking the next flight. one team sent out to intentionally crash a boeing 727 and figure out how to survive and this is the crash. joining us now is the pilot and remote control operator. curiosity plain crash is the name of the show on the discovery channel. chip joins us, a pilot from st. louis. nice to see you, chip. >> thank you, nice to be here. >> clayton: so why did you guys set out to recreate or actually create for the first time with cameras inside what it looks like to have a plane crash? >> well, basica...