"Hard Turbulence Report: Source?
At various points in this and other thread there has been reference to a message from AF 447 regarding the aircraft being in "hard turbulence" in a storm-cloud system. The very earliest versions of this supposed message even referred to the pilots being "cut off" in mid-conversation, or in mid-text message.
Given that this would be the *only* direct evidence of AF 447 actually being in or very near the storm system (rather than just appoaching it), does anyone have a direct AF / Airbus / BEA source for the "information".
Part of my reason for asking is that some French-language discussion groups (who also can't find a direct source) are suggesting the the "information" is based on a mis-translation of something Airbus said early on about "reports having been received" of hard turbulence, but not necessarily from AF 447 itself.
AGB