Chronus;
Various news sources have reported twelve other flights in the vicinity or similar routing to the ill fated AF447. Is there any information on these other flights and whether any PIREPS were issued.
There is extensive discussion on the above throughout this thread, but the following will provide you with most of what you ask:-
Tracks of other aircraft crossing the ITCZ
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SPA83;
2h14mn : the A330 is diving through 5000ft (ADVISORY CABIN VERTICAL SPEED) with a vertical speed around 10000ft/mn
The Cabin Vertical Speed Advisory could also have been caused by engine roll-back, a precursor to flame-out, so the position you are suggesting is just one of many possibilities. Likewise the lack of any further ACARS messages could be due to the SATCOM buss not being powered.
mm43