selfin #914
With respect, and no wish to even bring up the possibility, I would point out that TWA 800 experienced an "explosion" at ~15,000 feet, with a full load of fuel (except for the Center tank). The debris field included massive amounts of jet fuel and many fires on the Ocean's surface. While it wasn't a "device", I would suggest that even a small explosion (of any kind) at the altitude and environment 447 found itself may have opened the Belly, produced the "debris field", and while not "catastrophic", it could have caused an upset in aerodynamic integrity, and a loss of control.