General Discussion

"Parties to the investigation were the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); the
Boeing Commercial Airplane Group; Trans World Airlines, Inc. (TWA); the International
Association of Mechanists, Aerospace Workers, and Flight Attendants (IAM); the Air
Line Pilots Association (ALPA); the National Air Traffic Controllers Association; Pratt &
Whitney; Honeywell; and the Crane Company, Hydro-Aire, Inc.

Additionally, representatives from France’s Bureau Enquetes Accidents, the
United Kingdom’s Air Accidents Investigation Branch, and Australia’s Bureau of Air
Safety Investigations participated in the investigation as observers, in accordance with the
provisions of Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation. In addition,
representatives from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board and International Civil
Aviation Organization, Singapore’s Civil Aviation Authority, and Russia’s Interstate
Aviation Committee observed portions of the investigation..."

Not to mention NTSB Chairman Jim Hall and the other four members of the board, Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI Director Louis Freeh??

I mean, FFS...If there was some legit outside party to pin the blame on, Boeing would've been the FIRST to make that case, gag order or no...