[swarthyguy]

Bomb, missile, suitcase bomb, shoe bomb - who knows?

But spontaneous combustion of a fuel tank on an airplane that's been flown more than almost anyother in the history of aviation?

[Asmodeus]

"Bomb, missile, suitcase bomb, shoe bomb - who knows?"

Nobody will know whether any of those is applicable to the China Airlines crash until a great many more facts are known.

But Flight 800 was not the victim of any of those. See the following.

FBI Chief Metallurgist Blows The Whistle On Kallstrom's Wild Goose Chase

[willyone]

If you check the accident records you will find that over a dozen 747 aircraft have blown up on the ground and in flight. Fuel tanks suspected. Why they do not pressurize these tanks with nitrogen when empty is a mystery.