Considering lithium batteries have been known to combust in an impressive firestorm, it definitely seems worth trying to rule out. But the fruit being involved does seem implausible.

> it definitely seems worth trying to rule out. But the fruit being involved does seem implausible.

The other day learned about farmers drying hay before stacking it, because (who would even imagine this?) it turns out stacks of hay can catch fire if there is too much moister in them, due to a biological chemical reaction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_combustion#Hay

And given his apparent sexual proclivities, it’s easy enough to surmise what his purpose in taking a planeful of dead, unresisting passengers out to the depths of the Indian Ocean would be, and why he would want to ensure the evidence would not be found.

And this is why the official story is one of moon lasers reflecting off venus causing swamp gas to make the aircraft do it all by itself - it would cause riots in Malaysia, and would end their flag carrier overnight.

No, they don’t want people considering this train of thought even tangentially - so bad mangosteens hijacking the plane with the lithium gang is much safer to put in minds.