On this day in conspiracies

Ryan prepares to fly out with about fifteen defectors. At the Port Kaituma airstrip, Temple gunmen open fire, killing Ryan, three journalists, and one defector, and wounding others. A Temple member who had posed as a defector, Larry Layton, opens fire on a second plane.

The joint congressional committees issue their final report, finding a systematic effort to evade constitutional checks and deceive Congress.

After sixteen months, the FBI closes its criminal investigation, stating there is no evidence of a bomb or a missile and no basis for a criminal case. The CIA, working from eyewitness and radar data supplied by the FBI, concludes the streak witnesses saw was the crippled, burning aircraft climbing after the initial explosion.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) formalises an agreement with the Mexican state and the victims' families to create the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) to provide technical assistance to the investigation.

The FAA clears the 737 MAX to fly again after mandating an MCAS redesign (now cross-checking two sensors, with reduced authority and a hard limit), new pilot training, and wiring fixes. Airlines return the jet to service over the following months.

CNN publishes a forensic investigation that geolocates and time-stamps eyewitness video, shows soldiers firing toward the crowd, and cites ballistics experts who say the recovered casings are consistent with live rounds. Lai Mohammed dismisses it as 'fake news' and threatens sanctions against CNN.

A New York judge vacates the convictions of Aziz and Islam. The reinvestigation concludes that the FBI and NYPD had withheld documents pointing to the men's innocence, and Vance apologizes on behalf of law enforcement. Islam had died in 2009; Aziz is exonerated at 83.

Swedish prosecutors announce that analysis of material recovered from the seabed found traces of explosives, formally confirming that the pipelines were the target of gross sabotage.

The NTSB adopts its final marine investigation report, concluding the initial blackout traced to an electrical connection problem, a loose wire label that had slid over part of a terminal block, degrading a connection to a circuit breaker. The board finds no evidence of any intentional act or cyber intrusion.

The House passes the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) by a vote of 427 to 1. The Senate clears it the same day by unanimous consent.