terrorists showing how easy it was to take down a plane, that would destroy the airline industry
naval maneuvers and a rogue missile unintentionally took out the plane
The interesting thing I recall is that Boeing pushed back at the idea it was an explosion of the fuel tank. That makes them liable and I don't think that was ever proven in court.
Lots of us were out on the beach that evening. We know what we saw. The question is, who was on that flight?
Some other theories that were floated back then:
terrorists showing how easy it was to take down a plane, that would destroy the airline industry
naval maneuvers and a rogue missile unintentionally took out the plane
The interesting thing I recall is that Boeing pushed back at the idea it was an explosion of the fuel tank. That makes them liable and I don't think that was ever proven in court.