[ConservativeyetHotChick]

Sorry, but I don't believe Reuters unless it's backed up by a more reputable source. I'm sure the pilot and co-pilot of that plane were going along as usual.....and perhaps there was an explosion on board due to a BOMB......in this case, the voice recorder is of no value! I'm not wearing a tin foil hat, but I think there is more to this story.

[dawn53]

Speaking on ABC's "Good Morning America" show, Black said there were no unknown voices in the cockpit before Flight 587 crashed, just two minutes after taking off

So? all that proves is that they weren't hijacked, and since they've fortified the doors now, was this ever even suggested by anybody as a possible scenario?

[Jhensy]

I know, doesn't this describe the PERFECT scenario for a bomb going off in the baggage hold or whatever? What is this obsession with not considering a bomb? And no tin-foil on this head, either.

[gridlock]

Yeah, unless the voice recorder says something like, "Wow, what a massive mechanical failure that definitely wasn't a bomb because I see that it says here "not a bomb" on my VDT display" or some such, no unusual noise in the cockpit would indicate a bomb as well as anything else. Keep in mind that until two months ago, the primary airline terrorist modality was a bomb in the luggage. Bad ideas keep coming back.

Can anybody think of any other plane that completely came apart because of a mechanical problem? Except for TWA 800, of course. Them pesky center fuel tanks.... It seems odd to me that a engine disintigration would be powerful enough to knock a wing and tail off the airplane, even at full power.