Originally Posted by
amicus
for example the Airtours 737 as Manchester
That aircraft had an aluminium fuselage that suffered complete structural failure aft of the rear spar. The deaths were by and large due to smoke inhalation from a variety of materials, chiefly the synthetic foam in the seats.
plus a number of others such as Swissair 111 over Canada, which sadly crashed with all killed, it was an MD-11.
The fuel in that case turned out to be the insulation, which turned out to be far more flammable than the FAA's tests indicated. Also, that aircraft hit the water intact - it was the damage to avionics and flight control connections that proved insurmountable.