[nicmarlo]

I suspect it will take quite a while to learn the truth about this (if ever.) In the meantime I think that the safest assumption is that it was a deliberate act of sabotage.

How long did it take to determine what happened to the Concorde last year? Didn't it take awhile before they truly learned what the problem was? I also seem to recall another plane crash (was it J.F.K., Jr.?) took them quite awhile to say it was mechanically related (or otherwise). But in this crash, everyone is saying, almost immediately, "it's mechanical." I find that more than odd.

[concerned about politics]

was it J.F.K., Jr.?

Reports came from the city that Kennedy was going to run for senator. The report came from a friend of his that worked for the George magazine. He didn't say if he was going to run as a democrat. The friend wouldn't answer that question! It didn't make it to the main stream presses 6:00 news, of course. Guess they didn't feel it was "newsworthy".

[Clinton's a rapist]

If you recall, the EgyptAir accident was also quickly blamed on mechanical failure, and quite detailed explanations of how it occured appeared in the press before the flight recorder was recovered and gave the lie to those reports.

[Smogger]

How long did it take to determine what happened to the Concorde last year? Didn't it take awhile before they truly learned what the problem was? I also seem to recall another plane crash (was it J.F.K., Jr.?) took them quite awhile to say it was mechanically related (or otherwise). But in this crash, everyone is saying, almost immediately, "it's mechanical." I find that more than odd.

Very perceptive. You are correct of course. Officials "speaking on the condition of anonymity" were reporting that it appears to be a mechanical failure while the fires within a half-hour of the crash.

The whole mechanical failure thing is a red herring. Mechanical failure could be the result of a deliberate act.