Come on you ninny, we are talking a vetran police officer and fireman here. Not usually given to sensationalism. If they saw fire coming from that plane the tail coming off didn't cause that. There is nothing back there to burn unless you figured out how to light skydrol.
I will say it again there is nothing short of redlining an airframe that will cause stuff to come off from pilot input.
I will say this for the first time I think that it should be made a CRIMINAL act with serious penalties like 10 years of prison for any NTSB or other crash investigator misleading the public. <img src="mad.gif" border="0">