Can any of you try this out, as a thought experiment?
Put 10 oz of semtex pressed in a somewhat shaped charge ( as someone pressing their shoes against the AC fuselage would shape a charge), perhaps in the rear head or last few seats in the plane, and then discharge this bomb on 587.
Can you come up with the sudden gyrations and loss of control resulting in the tail falling off, along with the AC breakup, to fit the crash of 587 when you consider this charge? The size of the charge is small, so would that keep it off of the sound recorder? Would such a charge actually be shaped, such that if in the rear of the aricraft it would be similar to a small rocket thrust, violently moving the read sidewais similar to a flat spin?
Or can a stinger be fired with out a tail being noticed?
My thoughts initially raised ire and condescending platitudes from most of you, but it is near humorous (but for the fact that this is a most terroble tragedy) now in observing the contortions most of you are going through trying to figure out why a perfectly good AC dropped out fo the sky when piloted by a senior pilot during optimal flying conditions. It seems most are starting to come to an Airbus conspiracy coverup assisted by the NTSB, or soemthing similar. (A NTSB coverup of a bomb to avoid total implosion and panic of the airline industry is more likely.)
In times of war, on a clear beautiful day with little or no normally occuring exogenous forces or events identified, a large AC will usually fall from the sky from an act of war. Makes sense to me. Why do you refuse to take the Occum's Razor approach?
I am very impressed with the majority of "ostrich" like views here that refuse to try on the thought model above, despite all the terrible things that have happened since 9/11 and most importantly since Reid.
Why dont you guys wake up? We are at war.
Come on, as a public service, use your professional skills and engineering ability to proof out how such a bomb charge model can fit the event. Try hard. Then , and only after that effort, should you discard an act of war as the reason. Most of you have it totally ass backwards and will be forced to consider the bomb after losing much personal credibility by trying out incredible contortions first.
Rescue your professional consderations and reputations.
Try the thought experiment.