TWA Flight 800
In cahoots with the U.S. Government, this is Hollywood's attempt to brainwash people into believing that the TWA 800 catastrophe was due to a "faulty fuel tank". Thus, a subtle attack on the public's conscience to discard the truth that TWA 800 was brought down by a missile.
The similarities between Flight 180 and TWA 800 are rather obvious - 1) Takeoff from JFK during the evening, 2) Destination Paris, and 3) Both planes exploded shortly after takeoff just off of Long Island.
The major difference is that hundreds of eyewitnesses saw what could only be construed as a missile heading towards the TWA 800 airplane just before it exploded.