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Defense contractors and the U.S. Department of Defense are among defendants being named in a lawsuit filed by plaintiffs in connection with the TWA Flight 800 crash 26 years ago. The plane, en route to France from New York, crashed shortly after takeoff, claiming the lives of all those aboard, inclu…

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