Originally Posted by
Airbubba
Latest from Babak Taghvaee on the missile theory.
This beggars belief.
If what this gent suggests is true, I would on first instinct attribute this to a collossal mistake/cock up, rather than anything willful or malicious, given that this airline has been operating on that route for some time out of this airport (per the posts much previous to this one). Still skeptical, even though now and again truth is stranger than fiction.
After looking at who the passengers are believed to be (students returning to Canada after a break): what a tragic loss of part of the future generation.
From
the news article cited a few posts up ...
"Currently, I am observing both aircraft engines – and I don't see any traces of fire on them. Fragments of the right wing were brought here, too – there are also no traces of fire on them, so the version of engine malfunction, engine explosion, can't be confirmed at the moment. The plane was on fire, but the version of engine malfunction is not being confirmed," the source said.
Engines are not the only place that a fire can start.