cloud vs thunderstorms
SaturnV
"There has been a back and forth conversation on this forum about whether they flew into a Cb.
I think perhaps the minimum level of agreement by parties engaged in this conversation is that AF 447, at night with the moon aft, flew into a cloud that had sufficient ice crystals at FL 350 to quickly clog the pitots."
A "cloud" that rises to 50,000 is not merely a cloud -- it is a thunderstorm.
It can contain severe up and down drafts and severe turbulence.
The FAA advises avoiding it.
When AF 447 entered this area a multitude of failures occurred.
And yet you are saying it was merely a coincidence. It had nothing to do with all that followed.
I think you need to do some more research on the subject of thunderstorm flying and the hazard it represents.