The New York Post reports that a number of eyewitnesses to the flight 587 crash in Queens in November are demanding to be called to testify at an NTSB hearing.

Many of the eyewitnesses report seeing flames explode from the plane before any parts fell off; these reports contradict the current official opinion, which maintains that unknown forces caused the plane to break apart, which in turn caused the explosion.

The article says, in part:

The witnesses said they were surprised NTSB Chairwoman Marion Blakey was able to say, only hours after the crash, that all indications pointed to an accident, rather than a terrorist attack.

“How could that statement be made while the flight-data recorder had not been recovered, the crash-investigation team had not yet showed up and initial eyewitness reports included many accounts of one or two explosions in flight?” [witness and retired firefighter Tom] Lynch said.