Mick

Mar 11 2009, 06:29 PM

Craig Ranke CIT

Mar 11 2009, 12:16 PM

They are designed to break.

They are cast aluminum.

A sudden random force would not cause them to break in a perfectly uniform fashion leaving a sooty residue along the edge.

Most importantly....the evidence proves the plane was nowhere near the poles:

I get that they are designed to break. In my opinion that break you are talking about while much neater than the others is not perfectly uniform. The discoloration does not have to be soot. The break appears too smooth to have been cut with a torch, but too rough for a metal saw. As for it being evidence that it was not knocked down by an aircraft, it is not convincing to me. But it is interesting.