Originally Posted by
The Ancient Geek
Evidence of an explosion and of a fire are not mutually exclusive, a fire could easily have caused a small explosion and vice versa. Which came first is a more difficut question to answer.
Internal fire may sound better than a bomb, but iis often unsurvivable, and the A320 is a workhorse airframe. An indication that an airframe can catch fire "spontaneously" in cruise is much worse news than an indication of failure of ground security. The lag in finding and publicising the cause of accidents due to political constraints is not helping the safety process.
Edmund