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by ewoodrich 4485 days ago
Of course I may be proven wrong, but I feel that it is quite premature to make such an assumption. A plane can rapidly disappear from radar for a number of reasons: not including your suggestions of terrorism or explosive payload.

A prominent example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611#Metal...

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The thrust of my comment was that the data indicates a very rapid breakup of the plane (explosion), and I indeed said that there are other possible causes of mid-air explosions besides terrorism. My mention of explosive cargo wasn't intended to be an exhaustive list of alternative causes. I just think that terrorism is certainly within the realm of possibility given the totality of the circumstances.
From your link:

Radar data suggests that the aircraft broke into four pieces while at FL350.

So it seems they saw it disintegrate, whereas MH370 just... disappeared.