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Old 3rd Nov 2015, 01:22
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Clearly a dramatic failure of some sort caused the aircraft to disintegrate in the air. Given that the aircraft was still climbing with engines operating at high power, what effect would an uncontained turbine failure have?

Perhaps cover panels thrown back into the tail plane, turbine blades through the fuselage or wings separating fuel and control lines. Some shrapnel damage perhaps?

With the remaining engine still at full power, a massive fuel leak and ailerons or flaps fully deployed on one wing only, it would take only seconds for the aircraft to tear itself apart.

Most engine failures are relatively undramatic due to careful design, but if the containment system fails, extreme damage can be caused.

So no need for a bomb or some hidden structural failure, just a relatively common engine failure where the safety mechanisms didn't work. It seems more plausible than some of the theories being put forward.
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