Originally Posted by Iomapaseo
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To loose contact so fast suggests mid air break up with no time to declare an emergency ....
Other possibilities are that they ceased to use their working radio after the last communication.
Much information still to be released, like radar returns from altitude to sea floor
Of course, for all the loss of comms/no comms conspiracy crowd I can assure you that if indeed this aircraft hit severe/extreme turbulence it is almost impossible to use the radios. I've hit severe turbulence three times (all clear air) and neither I nor my colleague could even get our radio fingers on the PTT buttons to request a rapid descent... Nor could we even see the PFDs clearly!