Well, you’re the first one to bring it up.
Lets think about this logically. If a terrorist was going to blow up this plane, would they do it when it landed? Or over the Pacific Ocean?
I hate that EVERYTHING that happens now, terrorism is everyone’s first thought. We sound like whiny little girls jumping at shadows. Sometimes planes just crash.
Which is interesting because usually at that point the dust has not settled from the incident yet. BUT, these officials somehow know with certainty that terrorists were not involved.
Chances are 99.99% of these accidents are indeed NOT terrorist caused BUT making an uniformed announcement does not fool any "thinking" person. Its just soothing words to keep the Sheeple happy.