From hearing what has been said off and on by FOX NEWS, there has been no one in the know who has said anything about a terrorist attack, bringing down this plane.
having done investigations for the military on incidents, I know that 50 different people will see 50 different things, and although some may have some similar sightings they will still differ in their accounts. So stingers be damned. I still say this was a mechanical failure!
As for being a Flatlander ... not hardly! But the air up where you're at may be affecting your judgement Nocturno.
All I tried to do at first was to stop people from becoming alarmist about the event this morning. Obviously you people enjoy it. No worries! You all look good in your tin-foil hats.
JoeFromCa, you are the only person who has responded to my posting that sounded halfway rational. Thanks! You were basically saying the same thing I had tried to say. Waaaaaaaaaay too many folks want to see "zips in the wire". Kinda reminds me of a kid whistling to get past the graveyard in the dark.
Bottom line is this folks ... you're gonna die someday anyway, so why raise your blood pressure about it? No one, except for Jesus Christ has beaten death yet ... and you guys ain't him!
Nocturno ... you say I'm not fit to fly that flag? Try this one on for size ... 
The biggest conspiracy theorist I have ever known was my old man. As a thirty year career officer he spent three years of that duty assigned as the 'wide-receiver' to the prez's football. His responsibility was to relay to and from the prez all military info including launch codes if need be. A man in that position becomes privy to all kinds of interesting items, 95% of which you and I will never learn about.
Before his death about 12 years ago he did reveal some interesting things to me which justifies his perspectives on conspiracies.
For instance the Gulf of Tonkin Incident is not as we have been led to believe, yet all our historians might argue that point.
Not much in the way of politics was covered in that afternoon's 'deathbed' confessions; most of the conversation was much more personal in nature. However enough was shared about his insight that caused me to alert to the realities of information, disinformation, politics and wars.
I am no conspiracy theorist as defined by today's P/C crowd but I do question every news account, by whatever source, that is displayed.
With your experience in accident investigations you should also encompass in your philosophies that 'anything is possible'. After all, Murphy Rules. Accident investigators are chosen because of their abilities to think outside the box. Thinking outside the box requires one to ignore government spokesmen or the like. You must draw your own conclusions whether these conclusions see the light of day or not.
If you want a REAL challenge review the photographs of the Desert One (Eagle Claw Rescue Mission) and see if you can uncover the anomalies of the official reports. If you do I'd like to hear your conclusions.