From this Chicago Tribune story:
This Fox News report has an eyewitness report a 'sonic boom'There was a big explosion that lit up the sky. It jarred the earth.
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No distress calls were made to the airport tower, according to April Odom, a spokeswoman for Bell.
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"It was quite a large fire and there were two to three explosions after the plane caught fire, after the crash itself," Bell said.
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Pedro Torres, who lives about two blocks from the crash site, saw "a big flash" from the window of his home when the plane went down.
This report states that officials have said that debris could be spread out over half a mile.
This ABC news report details a massive fire at an apartment complex about 6 miles from the crash site at around the same time as the crash.
Within a few hours of the plane crash, eyewitnesses in neighboring states like Arkansas and Tennessee reported a large fireball lighting up the day time sky.
In case you haven't noticed, over the past few months there have been an alarming number of fertilizer plant, gas plant, gas pipeline, oil refinery etc. explosions.
Oh, and by the way, this is what the scene looks like, these are the aircraft parts you see on the ground, when a commercial-sized aircraft crashes and burns.
Over the past year and especially the past few months, the number of significantly sized fireballs being reported from so many parts of the world begs the question ... where are they coming from? Why so many now? Can't shake the feeling that it is the beginnings of a debris trail coming in on us from something much larger on the way. I expect we shall continue to read reports (except from the MSM, of course) of more and more of these in the next coming months. Of course, I'm probably just one of those conspiracy nutters with nothing better to do than imagine all kinds of dots being connected. Right? Hmm ... interesting times ahead methinks.