Originally Posted by
Stabilo31
IED on board has to be considered in case of a "mid-air heat spike".
But how much of a heat spike would an IED produce? If the bomb had like 3kg of TNT - its heat corresponded to 1 kg of jet fuel at most, with most of the heat being dissipated inside the fuselage (thus invisible to satellites).
Is it certain that the "heat spike" wasn't simply jet fuel exploding
after the plane hit the ground?