[Lazamataz]

The pilot is mistaken, what he really saw was a spark in the center fuel tank.

I don't think anyone was really fooled by that lame explanation all those years back.

[GBA]

I would have thought that, too. Unfortunately we were mistaken. Quite a few here at FR believe it and argue for it.

[wyattearp]

I don't think anyone was really fooled by that lame explanation all those years back.

I might have, if they hadn't said early on that they found PETN residue near the source of the explosion. The only way that electrical wires can leave PETN residue behind is if they were wired to an explosive.

[Stonewall Jackson]

I'd really like to know how they came up with this explanation, especially since they never recovered a single piece of evidence that remotely pointed to this and there were over two hundred eyewitnesses.

[razorback-bert]

Don't bet on that.

[FastCoyote]

"The pilot is mistaken, what he really saw was a spark in the center fuel tank.
I don't think anyone was really fooled by that lame explanation all those years back"

I do wonder. Has anyone noticed that the number of jetliners leaving New York city that have dropped out of the sky recently has dropped to zero? For a while it was about once a year.