As an experiment, they dumped an entire Hibachi full of red-hot coals into a huge fuel tank full of the same fuel type as on TWA 800, and NOTHING happened --the fuel is specifically engineered to burn, but not DETONATE in the manner that occurred.
That's a true story.
Center tank detonation. Sure.Somehow, I don't think that the heating ability of even an entire Hibachi can compare with the amount of heat energy 'soaked up' by the CWT that day, which in turn would have vaporized any trace amounts of fuel present the tank that day, mixing with the remaing air (containing oxygen) providing ALL the components necessary for a fuel-air explosion upon the application of the an ignition source (like FQIS wires that had come in contact with higher voltage wires in the wire bundles of the aircraft).As an experiment, they dumped an entire Hibachi full of red-hot coals into a huge fuel tank full of the ...