Experts: No sign of bomb in initial tests on hole in Qantas jet

Published Sunday July 27th, 2008

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MANILA, Philippines - Australian investigators in Manila say they have found no sign a bomb caused the giant hole in a Qantas jumbo jet's fuselage that forced a harrowing emergency landing in the Philippines.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Media Affairs Division of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Edwin Llobrera

Luggage dangles from right wing fuselage of Qantas Airways' 747-400.

Neville Blyth, senior investigator of the Australian Transport and Safety Bureau, says the focus is on an oxygen bottle missing from the cargo hold.

The hold was left exposed when a section of the 747-400's metal skin ripped away 8,800 metres over the South China Sea on Friday.

Blyth told a news conference Sunday that tests for bomb residue were negative.

He said that Philippine officials had bomb-sniffing dogs go through the hold, finding no indication of explosives.

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"I know there's a number of theories around, but they're just that at this stage, they're just theories. We don't have the solid facts."

That's what happens when state safety boards are taken over by liars - they stop the search for facts and turn their attention to cover up.

http://www.911blogger.com/node/16762 (NTSB - no records)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Todd_Whitman#September_11_attacks