Quote Originally Posted by Poopadoop View Post
It's not impossible, but you would think there'd be some clue in the wreckage, some kind of evidence of an external object hitting the plane. I guess they could have covered that up too.
Yeah I mean if the Americans shot down that plane and plan to tell a heartwarming story about patriotic American bravery in the face of certain death, they're going to cover their tracks.

It was the early days of the internet back then. There were all sorts of people making claims that couldn't be verified. I recall reading about a bunch of 9/11 firefighters who had apparently gone on record to say they saw evidence of thermite in the wreckage, and heard a series of timed explosions similar to a controlled demolition. These people are either liars, or are assumed to be liars. So even if a witness claimed he saw the plane being shot down, nobody would believe them except those who want to believe them.