Why a mid-air break-up?

[Jack Sawyer]

Originally Posted by Mio

Wouldn't be surprised if there was a bomb on board.

I would be.

[frecks]

A bomb on board doesn't match up the magnetic meltdown Desmond talks about on the day of the crash.
I can't see it as being a bomb...and if it were, what a disappointing and predictable outcome.

[Jealous_Guy]

Here's something completely crazy. If I remember right from back in Physics (good times), the greater the mass of something, the more it attracts things toward itself. Like gravity for instance. The Earth is heavy, and it's literally the Earth's heaviness that pulls us toward it. That's why gravity isn't as great on the moon, 'cause the moon's mass is smaller.

So what if there is something on (or under) this island that is so dense that it actually has enough mass to draw things toward it the same way that a planet does? If that were the case, it would probably mess up the Earth's rotation. So maybe Des really was saving the world? Actually this doesn't really make sense at all, 'cause then the survivors would have probably noticed by now that they feel twice as heavy as they usually do and probably wouldn't be able to walk. Aw, wait, wouldn't be able to walk, how about that.

[Ebdim9th]

If those figures are accurate (wikipedia can be a rather questionable source), faced with an 'invisible' island, and the signifigance of the numbers 8 and 15, among other combinations of the Valenzetti Equation, its probably not that unusual that Oceanic Flight 815 would be mid-air-breakup no.27.

As far as what appears to be a smooth glide, what isn't readily apparent are wind streams/shear that cause turbulence. The right force applied in the right place at the right points, especially if there are preexisting weaknesses in the fuselage itself that have not yet been detected by ground crew, would cause a seemingly gracefully gliding airliner to break up in the body first before the wings, which usually snap off first.