[NJ_gent]

"Why do you think it's so implausible?"

I don't find it implausible - just not a certainty. The two planes in question took off from the same airport. Someone mentioned that this could be a case of sabotage. Another person mentioned it could simply be gross incompetence by the ground crew. I'm sure there are plenty of other things it could be as well. It could very well be a coordinated terrorist attack, but that's not the only possibility; as some would suggest.

[Wolfstar]

Weather could be another possibility. There are all sort of things that could be possibilities. However, the odds of two airliners taking off from the same airport, then having accidents leading to crashes within a short time of each other several hundred miles apart are astronomical.