The same intelligence report disclosing the observation of a flash of heat also said there was no heat trail that indicates the presence of a surface-to-air missile. The absence of a surface-to-air missile heat trail and the absence of the characteristic shrapnel pattern on the fuselage rules out a surface-to-air missile or any other type of missile as the cause of the aircraft’s disintegration. Whatever caused the aircraft to crash, it could not have been a missile.
Still could have been a bomb.
“The same intelligence report”
THAT worries me. Whose intelligence? American? I am not sure I trust American Intelligence organizations any more than I trust the BATFE. All of their track records over the past 25 years leave a lot to be desired.