[Lunatic Fringe]

Do you have any credentials in the Aviation industry to back up your assertions?

Umm, if that plane was shot down, you would see a streak of smoke all the way down to the crash site- that picture shows a perfectly clear sky except for the ball of smoke rising from the ground.

One does not need an aviation background to know that a damaged plane trails smoke, and certainly one that was shot down with a missing engine would leave some type of smoke trail.

It is my belief that the passengers struggled in the cockpit, and in the end forced the plane into the ground.

[Lunatic Fringe]

[StolarStorm]

Ever heard of an EMP weapon? Point, click, and you turn off electronics. Scrambled electronics don't cause smoke, but they do cause a crash in this type of aircraft.

[chemainus]

You would only have a smoke streak if there was fire burning incompletely...High explosives, directed charge can do damage without the Hollywood visual effects