I have read all NTSB final reports on aviation accidents some on industrial,marine,rail. Lets say I am a NTSB fan and move on!
They are an amazing organization. You get second to second knowledge of what was going on. The NTSB investigates industrial disasters. That is there mandate by law.
From the instant that story broke I thought terrorism. Goodness, Waco in that week, McVeigh in that week (fertilizer bomb). Boston that week.
This bothers me so. IMO, they knew it was terrorist related from the onset. They keep maintaining that it was an accident. To have media keep saying this is not terrorist related and have ATF leading the investigation is so , historically not the way it has been handled.
In Lockerbie, and TWA 800 the NTSB arrives, THEN after their prelim if the NTSB/FBI has concerns as it relates to criminal or terrorist activity NTSB THEN turns those cases over to the FBI/ATF- not the other way around as in this instance.
In addition, to be this far out and we are not even getting little tid bids of hunches maybe this caused it maybe this is atypical. NTSB is very careful in the initial weeks about speculating HOWEVER stuff starts swirling about as it relates to hypothesis. NOT HERE. (Typically takes about 2 years for major aviation disasters).
To date I have not even heard a hypothesis. A notion. A qualified theory or explanation. Nothing.
In addition guys, When NTSB turn it over when they suspect criminal or terrorist activities the NTSB drops back to number 2. They have a body of expertise that is amazing.
In both Lockerbie and 800 the only thing that changed was hierarchy. NTSB goes to second in control - criminal or terrorist has never translated to NO NTSB involvement. Only the bosses change and then the two agencies work TOGETHER.
As far as I know the NTSB has not been there, nor been asked to assist. At the ONSET of a disaster NTSB mobilizes Go Teams. It is an accident first; NTSB gets on scene in hours. . Never happened here.
Moreover, if it was just a flat out explosion that might lead to industrial disaster sure - but a fire burning for some time prior to big bang! Leads me more to arson (terrorism Waco/Fertilizer) IMO.
By that I mean a small fire set IMO so as not to be seen and put out before it ignited the main tanks.
Also, the city is 20 miles from Waco. In the middle of the worst terrorist attack on our soil, in a town 20 miles from Waco, in the same week the abovementioned happened.
IMO they are waiting for news cycle to calm down before mentioning terrorism. Then they IMO will wait longer and move more toward terrorism. Then after more time state definitively terrorism. BY then half a year has gone by.
A lot of unpractical protocol stuff (IMO) going on here
Something is rotten in Denmark!
And we all know the got does not ever do anything like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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