The ground-maintenance crew locked out the thrust reverser for engine #3 (treated as a minimum equipment list item) because of technical problems with the thrust reverser sensors during the landing of TWA 881 at JFK, prior to Flight 800's departure.
O persoal de mantemento en terra bloqueou a reversa do motor 3 (tratado como un elemento da lista de mínimos) debido a problemas técnicos cos sensores de reversa durante a aterraxe do TWA 881 no JFK, antes da saída do voo 800.