[Tennessee_Bob]

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just through a monkey wrench in the engine, or leave it on an inlet cowling.

Ok....so, did they throw the wrench in prior to engine start or after start? If they threw a wrench in, it would cause the damage on start, and it would be significant enough that the pilots would notice it. If they left it on the cowling, it would be detected by the walk-around...Oh..wait..no..the pilots were in on it! They saw the wrench waiting to be ingested on start, and left it there. There was a time release glue holding it in place, and they knew that they had to delay the flight an hour so that the glue would let go just after take-off. Sorry. That doesn't work.

You're right. It was a stinger. They shot it down. That's all it could be...couldn't possibly be mechanical failure on an engine that was just short of having a major overhaul.

[concerned about politics]

couldn't possibly be mechanical failure on an engine that was just short of having a major overhaul.

plane was just serviced 11/11/01.

[Nitro]

How are we supposed to keep a good conspiracy theory up in the air, if you are going to use logic?

[Terrorista Nada]

So how do pilots see a monkey wrench laying in an air inlet cowling 15 feet over their head?

"First I heard a big explosion. Then I saw flames come out from behind the plane. And then a whole wing with the engine fell off." - Antonio Villela, a construction worker.

F.O.D. kills (foreign object damage)

You must work for the airlines. I'll bet it was another frayed wire in the belly fuel tank?

[stands2reason]

Doncha know? Because it's Veteran's Day, American Airlines, et. al., it's actually impossible for there to be any mechanical breakdown whatsoever!