Quote Originally Posted by PhilosophyGenius
I'm no expert but perhaps the blast from the missle shoot-down destoryed most the plane. There haven't been any witness saying otherwise since it was in the middle of nowhere.
There are witnesses who stated that the airplane went straight up and then did a nose dive into the ground. I would guess this statement is a plant however, since it jives with the official story. There are other witnesses who claimed there were two planes and a large "boom" before the plane crashed. This supports the shoot down theory.

Regardless, if the missle destroyed most of the plane, what made the big hole in the ground?