[Nita Nupress]

No pieces would fall off the plane until it hit the ground.

I guess I need to go read up on what "mechanical" problems happened on the plane and in what sequence it occurred. I've been too busy to keep up with this for the last 24 hours. The story seems to be changing much faster than I can keep up. Whatever happened to the "bird" explanation?!

(BTW, another root canal coming up. Ugh.)

[Dog Gone]

The bird theory and the turbulence theory are possible explanations that were and should have been explored. I don't think anybody investigating the crash ever said that these had been established as causes.

The one I want to see investigated is whether something exploded in the baggage compartment. But there is apparently no sound of an explosion on the voice recorder, which makes that less likely.

Have fun with that root canal. Remember, it's still better than dentures.

[LSJohn]

(BTW, another root canal coming up. Ugh.)

If it feels like one of the manual augers is going to come out of the top of your head, don't worry . . . . . . . very unlikey to go deeper than mid-brain.