Since we're already speculating wildly here 7 - Cockpit Intruder ala BA over Africa. Guess we will just have to wait and see. David On Monday 27 May 2002 5:53 am, you wrote: > 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. ???