Military area near crash zone was active when TWA 800 exploded

TWA Flight 800 was vectored about 15 miles northwest of a so-called "hot area" off Long Island activated by the military as an exclusion zone, FAA sources and the Navy acknowledged yesterday as investigators continued to draw a blank on what caused the July 17 explosion of the TWA Boeing 747- 100...

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