[Gobbledock]

Valujet FL 592 into the Everglades is an interesting (yet heartbreaking) example of a catastrophic onboard fire. If the same type of fire with the same feed source was to break out in the cargo hold of a more modern aircraft today the outcome would be the same - no amount of fire suppression system would be able to contain it.

One could certainly hypothesise that a fire broke out on MH370, that the fuel source was of a degree that the fire was never going to be contained, and sadly the rest is history. Will we ever find out the root cause?  I certainly hope so because for as long as we do not know the exact cause the risk of reoccurrence remains. And in our industry that is not a good thing. But for now the cards still just don't stack up. Too many questions, too many inconsistencies, too many 'grey' areas. And I still ask the question as to why Boeing was and has been somewhat aloof from day 1?? Then again maybe E.T is the root cause?

The Valujet report is linked below for those interested (maybe Beaker can also read it and learn how a thorough investigation is undertaken and a succinct report is written?).

http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Accid...AR9706.pdf

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