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Re:MH370 Was ‘Manipulated’ Off Course to Its End, Report Says by mcphage on Monday July 30, 2018 @04:22PM (#17647647)
> MH370’s cargo included 221 kilograms (487 pounds) of lithium batteries and 4.6 tons of fresh mangosteen fruit, according to its manifest. After extensive tests, Monday’s report ruled out smoke or fire caused by those goods mixing in the plane’s hold as a cause of the tragedy.

Wait, what do the mangosteen fruit have to do with anything?

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Re:MH370 Was ‘Manipulated’ Off Course to Its End, Report Says by timcederman on Monday July 30, 2018 @04:28PM (#17647720)
Ethylene gas emission (which is flammable) or suffocating levels of CO2. https://www.reddit.com/r/MH370/comments/2176up/could_flammab...
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Re:MH370 Was ‘Manipulated’ Off Course to Its End, Report Says by 1k on Monday July 30, 2018 @08:50PM (#17649665)
They ran some tests and found that mangosteen juice can conduct electricity, but does not cause short circuit when in contact with the batteries
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Re:MH370 Was ‘Manipulated’ Off Course to Its End, Report Says by NVRM on Monday July 30, 2018 @06:04PM (#17648546)
Sugar + organic are combustible, huge quantity can feed a fire to an higher temp, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_candy
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