Hi,
Gotta love
Le Figaro 
... they start a rumor about pilots dropping out of the plane --, wait, what's this, skydiving at night in a thunderstorm over the open ocean? I know pilots are adrenaline junkies, but this is something else again!
How the heck did they get back into the plane before it hit the water?
Perhaps google translate is to blame for this?
Drop out is to be understand as STALL .. I'm sure you known that
Must be certainly better jokes in the BEA offices ..
Don't forget that NTSB and a Brazilian party are also members (maybe as observers ?? but ..) of the investigation team .....
I wonder how all those people different by culture and language are communicating ...
