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Let's be honest. Mechanical things---especially sophisticated mechanical things with fuel and electricity---break all the time for no apparent reason. Just read, sometime, about all the incredible things (truly unbelievable) that go wrong in combat. No, this wasn't combat, but every once in a while things just break and people can't accept that Sh*t happens, so they look for "answers."

I don't close the door on any real evidence---bonmb, missile, whatever. But neither do I (as many Freepers do) believe it "HAD TO BE" a bomb or a missle. Sh*t happens, andsometimes a lot of people die when it does.

When you get into virtually any of the "conspiracy theories" about anything---JFK, OK City---it comes down to the fact that people don't want to accept that one or two individuals are capable of truly heinous acts without "outside support." Again, for the third time, if there is solid evidence, I have no problem with that. But to constantly accuse the FBI of "covering up" gets old, especially when two different administrations (one of which would have EVERYTHING to gain by revealing the "cover up") continue to stand by the report.

Mechanical things break, no quesion about it. However, if there is a design flaw such to require that a fleet of aircraft be grounded to affect repairs, one might expect more than one occurance.

I've worked on electronic systems for years and when there is a defect, you don't just get the one example. You get a trend, a bunch of failures. Same for mechanical systems. My Honda Odyssey is being recalled for a transmission defect. Honda did this only after there were many, many examples of this problem. You see the same thing in aviation with engines, wing spars, you name it. There's a trend, then the fleet is required to be inspected and repaired.

With the 747, grounding the fleet for a suposed wiring "defect" looked a lot more political than practical.

Add to that many eye witness accounts of what looked and sounded like a missile launch followed by a subsequent explosion of Flt. 800. Then, consider the habitual actions of the Clinton administration and the "it just blew up" official story about TWA Flight 800 sounds like BS. Could have happended that way, but I don't think so. This duck barks like a dog.