General Discussion

In that hypothetical, do you think there would be any forces within the airline industry or within government that would have a motivation for that not to be reported?

And how hard would they be willing to work to make sure it wasn't reported as such?

(I really have very little patience for people whose best argument is "The government and press wouldn't lie, really, they just wouldn't." There is no excuse for anybody over age 8 automatically assuming what the authorities say is true. And I find it more than a little comical that now the story is there was a trail of vapors that ignited and caught up to the plane, like some fuse in a cheap Western movie. At the time, the government went to great expense to blow up a 747 on the ground to "prove" their theory -- but obviously such a test would have no connection whatsoever with this new theory that it was a trail of vapors.. Talk to any commercial pilot. They will tell you that planes are designed to dump their fuel in an emergency, and I don't believe there is any case on record anytime that supports the theory of a trail of fuel igniting. It disperses into the atmosphere so quickly, it couldn't possibly do that unless the ignition point were very very close to the plane -- and then it wouldn't be a trail of fuel, would it?)