Forgive me for asking the following question which I have not seen answered anywhere else but, if it has, mea culpa.
From the information provided by BEA so far, it seems that the aircraft in question descended at a great rate of speed. Would not this "great rate of speed" descent be felt by anyone? Wouldn't PF and PNF, as well as the captain, not actually feel this descent.
I know as a passenger when an "air pocket" is encountered and the aircraft loses
a bit of altitude that is certainly felt. So I can only imagine the descent experienced by
AF44 would be felt quite a bit more. No?