Couldn't a damaged rudder and its impact on the rear bulkhead explain all of the other automated messages?
Absolutely not. Air probes are far away and completely independent of cabin pressure. It is as well highly unlikely that any rudder problem would impact the RPB.
NAV ADR DISAGREE message ... doesn't that indicate it is a result of the trouble and not the cause of it?
That's a question which cannot be answered for sure at this point in time.
By the way, as far as I remember, the TCAS is fed with positioning data only by ADIRU1. If correct, it just 'needs' one broken input to fail as well.
According to
Tim's analysis above they must have been already through the most severe updrafts. Could this mean the turbulences of ITCZ could have turned into sudden warm tailwind at that point? If they controlled the flight with pitch and power as according to SOP re unreliable airspeed, this would explain a lot to me (stall).
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.......south bound leg of this A/C. He said they said there was a "black-out" during the leg, but all came right after a while
If such an event occured, no doubt there would have been several ACARS sent.
Yes, but they would relate to ATA24 (Electrics Power), which was not the case, as already pointed out several times in this thread. The NIL important IFE (in flight entertainment) including ****ty cabin lighting has nothing to do with any important instruments and the safety of the aircraft.
Please note there was no known electrical power breakdown on AF447.