Originally Posted by
PerPurumTonantes
Not going to go into AF447 yet again here. If your opinion is that this was the main cause then I suggest you have a look at the evidence again.
You are unlikely ever to see the expression "main cause" in any accident investigation report. Nor is it in the post you quoted.
All you can reasonably say is that obstruction of the pitot probes by ice crystals was the first stage in a chain of events, all of which in combination resulted in the eventual outcome. Much like the previous poster said ...