Quote Originally Posted by martymayes View Post
Not just one. Philippine Airlines Flight 143 was not a 747, but it was a nearly identical event.

Just like lottery numbers can fall in place for someone to win, so can the exact conditions required for this to happen. The odds are very much against it, but there's always that 1:175,000,000 chance.
Or even two...according to a recent AvWeb article there have been at least 3 other fuel tank explosions on roughly similar vintage Boeing aircraft.