I am totally technically uninformed apart from osmosis over 30 years in the industry plus being the son of a LAME and will sign and post that.
In this tradgedy, 228 souls have been lost.
My 2 bob's worth is that I feel an aeroplane has been bitten by "Coffin Corner" being too heavy and too high for a warm pool of air sucked up by CB's and found itself in a stall or overspeed conundrum.
The pilots may well have chosen a "box canyon" way out that overcomplicated the situation that led them directly into an unavoidable CB and the coup de grace. The flight deck crew took that knowledge with them.
The bottom line is we have lost some wonderful aircrew and passengers.
They seem to have been a little lost in the analysis.
Hopefully no blame will be appointed or apportioned until some solid facts come to light, and Airbus should not be hung over the Coffin Corner side of things until all facts are in.
The last major CC events were from memory transcontinental Boeing 727-200s.
Rest peacfully good souls on board AF447. May your loss not be in vain.
EWL