TWA Flight 800 crashed 12 minutes after take off from JFK airport headed to Paris, on 17 July 1996. The wreckage was found 10 miles out to sea off the coast of Moriches, Long Island. Following an extensive investigation by the FBI and Transporation Saftey Board the wreckage was reconstructed in a warehouse in New York. A memorial service was held for relatives of those who died, on the beach opposite Fire Island.