Bear,
Your quote:
For all we know, she lost a radome into the F/O's Pitot. If one spends enough time with Vasquez' product, ICE is unlikely.
From the Vasquez June 1, 2011 report update:
With a flight level temperature of -40 deg C suggested by the proximity sounding (and -36 deg C parcel temperatures) the A330 would be exposed mainly to frozen ice particles and perhaps graupel.
Due to the airspeed sensor problems mentioned at 0210 UTC on the data transcripts, however, this does raise the possibility of icing-induced blockage of the pitot tubes, if not some other electronic or mechanical source of failure.
Tropical storm complexes identical to or stronger than this one have probably been crossed hundreds or thousands of times over the years by other flights without serious incident, including ascents and descents through critical icing zones in tropical showers. My original conclusion from June 2011 is still unchanged: turbulence and possibly icing creating an initial problem that led to a failure cascade.
Just thought it would be good to point this out.