[Big_Monkey]

"The “explanation” of a fuel vapor explosion, simply isn’t convincing...."

I don't know if you've ever worked on any of your own cars or bikes, but a mostly empty or completely empty fuel tank is the single biggest hazard that home mechanics face. An empty fuel tank has tremendous explosive potential. Which is why the empty fuel tanks on military aircraft, including the 747 used as AF1, are filled with inert gas.

The TWA 800 fuel tank scenario is EXTREMELY plausible and very likely.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The TWA 800 fuel tank scenario is EXTREMELY plausible and very likely.

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Wasn’t TWA 800 full up for a transatlantic flight?

[Ancient Drive]

I’m gonna say it was a terroists attack. The chances of 24 error messages on such a plane... well it could bad programming also.

[river rat]

The vast majority of “home mechanics” are dealing with GASOLINE tanks — not jet fuel whose vapor is significantly less combustible than gasoline. U.S. commercial jets use a fuel that is essentially kerosene.

Then too - there are 10s of thousands of flights DAILY with far less than full fuel tanks - and how many “spontaneous explosions” have you heard about?

I don’t doubt the fuel ignited — my suspicion is that it was IGNITED from an EXTERNAL source and not internal to the system.

I remain convinced that TWA 800 was brought down, either intentionally or my some horrible accident initiated by some force OUTSIDE of the aircraft...