I recall talking with a friend (well known fire scientist) back in the day who had been told by a colleague close to the investigation that the 747 had recently been used to ferry troops to or from the Middle East. During that trip it was necessary to refuel at a military base in Africa and only military-grade jet fuel was available. The center tank was filled during that trip but not again after returning to civilian service. The theory at the time was that the more explosive vapors in the now empty tank spontaneously contributed to the conflagration.
The best explanation I've seen to date of the "missile" that people on land supposedly saw: what they were seeing was the aircraft itself, after the initial explosion had blown off the nose. The damaged aircraft climbed steeply, trailing flame, until a second, larger explosion caused a general breakup.
They reassembled most of that 747 after a pretty gargantuan effort and all the patterns of fuselage pieces showed an internal explosion. No penetrations from outside the aircraft.
Come on, stop with that truth non-sense. Some people just desperately want something to back up their preconceived notions no matter how wrong it is. Mark
Try and provide some entertainment for the troops and look what happens. Have a summer home on Fire Island, NW of the crash site. Pulled a few pieces of what looked to be blown in foam insulation off the beach that summer...
I remember this night like it was yesterday and I was only 9. I lived in the town that everything was reassembled in. Was at a fire department BBQ with the family when all hell seemed to break loose. The whole department was gone in a matter of 20 minutes. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
