[U S Army EOD]

PETN is not a missile fuel, it is an explosive. It is usually a part of an explosive train. The main use is in Det Chord.

[highimpact]

I didn't ask you what PETN is. I already know what it is. I asked you how it got there. A follow-up question would be why they destroyed the material after it was discovered, if not to cover up the real truth?

[GarySpFc]

PETN is not a missile fuel, it is an explosive. It is usually a part of an explosive train. The main use is in Det Chord.

Nope! The main use for PETN is as one of the ingredents in Semtex. All missile fuels are explosives, but with different burn rates.

[Sioux-san]

Question: If the explosion was internal, wouldn't the metal from the plane show an outward bend? I haven't been able to find anything that confirms one way or the other which way the blast was going. Have you?

The conspiracy on all of this is quite simple - don't want to freak out the American public so that we'd stop flying for fun. Make it a mechanical problem - ask Richard Clarke - he concluded that before any evidence was given to him. All about re-election and the economy.

[Flightdeck]

"PETN is not a missile fuel, it is an explosive. It is usually a part of an explosive train. The main use is in Det Chord."

Is it also used in manufacturing airplanes?