There is wx that will break ANY aircraft.
Wx like this existed that night and this aircraft was in it.
All this analysis of messages from the aircraft seems to be a matter of great interest to ppruners, but to what purpose?
I'm usually the last to agree with the 'lets wait for the investigation results' posters, but on this occasion I am with them 100%.
It was the weather that did it.
I hope they find the FDR and CVR because then we might find out why they flew into that awful wx.
Personally, I avoid it.
Edit to add: The main reason I am so keen to avoid is that one day I flew into a big 'ol Cb (probably 10% of the AF447 one) and got shaken ****less, but survived. Not pretty.
