Originally Posted by
logansi
Of course we are not sure but i have seen a few references to inflight fire, if it was a RPB blowout, surely you wouldn't expect a fire as well?
You would expect a fire when the fuselage breaks up in the area of the Center tank as a consequence of the RPB collapse. Looking at the wreckage of the front half of the fuselage this could have been the case. Again not much difference in the expected pattern for a Bomb explosion or a RPB failure. We will have to wait for the crash investigators to exclude one or the other Scenario.