Well I don’t think it’s quite as mysterious a your quip infers.
If an explosion occurs in the middle of an object, debris is
jettisoned in all directions.
If an explosion takes place on the side of an object, debris
would be blown toward the opposite side.
The problems with this incident, are these, as it relates to
debris.
Somewhere around 80-95% of the debris was blown to one side
of the flight path.
The prevailing wind that night was blowing toward the side
with the least amount of debris.
The center tank explosion theory is not credible.
Are you talking about an internal explosion, or an external explosion? I’d imagine high explosives blowing into a jetliner would react quite differently than a pressurized tank explosion from within. How would you know where the wing tank would rupture first? The pressure should act upon all surfaces equally, and the tank should rupture at its weakest point, regardless of where the fuel was ignited.