Originally Posted by
Water pilot
Another possibility for the accident to put out there is that the ground crew were nervous (and perhaps exhausted from the funeral/protest), the pilots wanted to get out while the getting was good, and the plane needed to be deiced. It would not be surprising if people were rushing and made a mistake somewhere.
What sort of mistake with deicing would cause the aircraft to erupt into a fireball?! Accidentally calling over the lighter fluid truck?!