Maybe it was supposed to explode over the city and dump millions of Ameros into the local economy.
The mission was aborted -- Bernanke got there first.
Look, this was a plane. I spent a couple years certain that TWA Flight 800 had been brought down by a missile. I hated the Clintons so much that nothing could convince me that they weren't covering up either a huge military snafu or a terrorist act.
But, as time went by, and no evidence surfaced, I had to think that I was wrong. After all, a secret like that could not be kept in this day and age. Since then, I'm very leery of conspiracy theories.