On 04-25-98, HAL HANIG most eloquently expounded thus...
> If I can take a WAG, I'd say it might have to do with static electricity, 
> that'd only be a guess because I can't think of anything better.
Neeeeet!  Close, but no cigar!  I guess by now you've probably read
Nat Potter's message about the 727 APU exhaust port in the right wing
root.  I remember the flight attendants having to make 'calming' 
announcements addressing the "torching" as we called it.  Nasty.
I think that was most likely the 'wing sparks' referred to by the media.
Thanks for the msg... good to hear from you.
~Mitch
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