On Sunday, May 26, 2002, at 12:54 PM, Michael A. Burris wrote: > Here is a recent story. It does seem very odd that an aircraft should > fail in this way. --- Mike Burris Well, there are the usual speculations: 1. Bomb on board. 2. Fuel tank explosion, like TWA 800. 3. Shot down by Chinese missile. 4. Shot down by Taiwanese missile ("Oops!") 5. Mid-air with a previously undisclosed small a/c. 6. Freak weather (gust overpressure) caused structural failure 7. ??? -- Michael C. Berch mcb@postmodern.com