The Safety Board maintains a training academy in Ashburn , Virginia , where it conducts courses for its employees and professionals in other government agencies , foreign governments or private companies , in areas such as general accident investigation , specific elements of investigations like survival factors or human performance , or related matters like family affairs or media relations . The facility houses for training purposes the reconstruction of more than 90 feet of the TWA Flight 800 Boeing 747 , which was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean after it crashed on July 17 , 1996 , following a fuel tank explosion
TWA Flight 800 Boeing 747
TWA Flight 800
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