[Poohbah]

The shoe bomb would not produce an explosion of that magnitude. That's the problem.

[eno_]

You may be right. An Al Quaida op tried to take down a 747 with an improvized explosive a while ago and failed, but did kill one passenger. Some work, some don't. That's why they keep trying. WTC '93 didn't do the job, either.

So you were saying... why should I trust commercial aviation security to be able to stop the next attack?

[Sabertooth]

The shoe bomb would not produce an explosion of that magnitude. That's the problem.

Wasn't the operative theory that the shoe bomb would have caused a secondary explosion in the fully loaded center fuel tank?

IIRC, that's where Richard Reid was sitting, right over the tank.

That said, I don't know why #587 came down... but neither does anyone else. If the stories of the witnesses in this article are genuine (as far as their dealings with the NTSB), it's not going to help put the matter to rest whenever the official findings are released.