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[–] Drenki 2 points 4 points (+6|-2) ago 

And this is why I don't read Daily Beast or HuffPo.

Structural failure does not result in both engines being blown off their mounts or turbines ejected. It takes serious, explosive force to do something like that to BOTH engines.

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[–] aftermossadeq 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Yea, structural failure doesn't actually have anything to do with the structural integrity?????

High speed, turbulence combined with structural failure and explosive fuel could do all that and more.

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[–] Drenki 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

No, it really couldn't. It takes a ton of force to knock an engine off it's mount and just about the same to have the turbine separate. Is it possible from jet-fuel? Yes. Is it possible to have it affect both engines, symmetrically? It would be an unprecedented scenario.

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[–] ghotioninabarrel ago 

Are you an expert in this field?

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[–] Drenki 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

No, but these people are http://www.flightradar24.com/, which is where I'm getting my info.

The Daily Beast writer certainly isn't.

It's also very suspicious that there was no emergency broadcasts from the pilots. Even if the flight "broke up" from structural damage, they should have had time to at least make a single attempt to relay their situation.

There's no official story on the black box voice data. Supposedly it's damaged. Supposedly it's not damaged. Supposedly it stops abruptly. Too much confusion about it right now, possibly intentionally so.