[Deaf Smith]

"Five passenger aircraft have blown up in midair and crashed into the Atlantic"

That headline would never happen. Each one would have been reported as a midair malfuction. Later, it would have been revealed that the center tanks of each had exploded due to to being empty.

[calljack]

"Five passenger aircraft have blown up in midair and crashed into the Atlantic"

Now why in the world would you blow them up over the atlantic when the only thing below you is water??

If I were a terrorist I would blow them up while getting ready to land, thereby causing huge amounts of damage on the ground as well. Imagine 10 airplane crashes into the heart of major cities. Now ther's a plan.

[RunningWolf]

Five passenger aircraft have blown up in midair and crashed into the Atlantic

What if the headline read instead "Five passenger aircraft have blown up in midair during landing approach and have crashed into New York and and Chicago"