[mr.pink]

The U.S. Navy shot that plane down. (accidentally of course)

At first I bought into that story, but I've moved to the small boat terrorist thesis as the most sensible.

One reason that I give the small boat terrorist thesis credence is that as an ex-Long Island surfer I have always kept an eye on surf conditions there. The week prior to the shoot down, the seas were remarkably rough for L.I. in July. In a small boat in those conditions all your attention would be directed toward keeping afloat. The ocean calmed to about as "flat" as it can get the day before the shootdown and held that quality for over a week.