However, not unlike MH370, there are all those blocks to fill each hour with little in the way of concrete facts to pass along. This is where heavy speculation rears its curious head, as it did early Sunday
with this gem from CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo when asked if terrorism was involved in the plane’s disappearance:
“At this point, given it was extremely bad weather, the chances of this being some sort of a terrorist activity are very small,” Schiavo said. “Because most terrorist activity takes place in good weather.”
“For example,” she added, “9/11.”
So taking that analysis at face value, if it happened to rain on 9/11 (a sunny, clear Tuesday along the east coast if you recall), would the 19 hijackers simply aborted a plan years in the making until, say, that Friday when conditions were better? Or was that day chosen because Tuesdays are invariably the slowest air travel day of the week, thereby minimizing the chances of additional passengers disrupting the objective? Note: That’s speculation since that question has never been answered definitively, hence the disclaimer.