Vampire Diaries’ Ian Somerhalder Almost a Passenger on TWA Flight 800

The deadly explosion of TWA Flight 800 has been in the news recently because a documentary about the 1996 crash is raising new questions about what happened to the plane. In a chilling tweet, Ian Somerhalder (Damon Salvatore) revealed he was nearly onboard the plane.
“I was Supposed to be on this FLIGHT!” The Vampire Diaries star tweeted today, along with a link to a story about the new documentary’s revelations.
After an initial investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled an electrical short circuit caused the explosion, a decision the documentary is calling into question. In an interview with CNN, the movie’s co-producer Tom Stalcup said there’s "solid proof that there was an external detonation," adding, "the radar data shows a(n) asymmetric explosion coming out of that plane — something that didn't happen in the official theory."
Tragically, all 230 people on flight TWA 800 died when the Paris-bound plane exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean after leaving John F. Kennedy International Airport.
In 1996, Ian was a 17-year-old male model, so it’s possible he would’ve been flying to Paris for work at the time. While he didn’t explain what caused him to miss the flight, he’s obviously extremely lucky he did. 

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