What do you think happened to the Air France flight 447?

News has been saying that the plane went down during a storm.

Just wait until the data recorder Is recover

dont know it will be like the titanic we will never know :( i feel sorry for the families especially if they have kids.

i dont know but that is seriously devasting...imagineee not knowing where a family member or friend was...and im going to brasil in 3 weeks..ima LIL scaredd.

maybe it hit a bird, fuel gone or a stupid crew. Sad story

It is way to early to know for sure but this is a pretty good summary of all the possible ideas I found while surfing the web. This is from the airliners.net discussion forum and written by "AirlineCritic," I am simply copying and pasting. "I thought it might be useful to summarize the status of various speculations regarding the cause of this accident, and try to see how it matches up to what we know today. For currently known facts about the accident, please see the Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447 A. Terrorism or other malicious use of explosives A bomb explodes in the cargo hold, crippling the aircraft's control systems or starting a structural break-up that eventually leads to loss of control. Supportive evidence: According to Wikipedia, a bomb threat had been made on an earlier flight. Lack of communications from the flight crew indicates either a sudden event or something which lead to significant problems that the crew had to focus on. This would be consistent with the effects of a bomb. The automatic messages about computer system failures sent by the aircraft could be interpreted either as indications that the aircraft's movements have exceeded the limits that the systems can handle, or as indications about direct damage to the systems. Evidence against: While terrorist organizations exist both in France and Brazil, there has been no recent activity. No organization has claimed responsibility for the act. There is no specific evidence about a bomb. Nothing is known about any individuals or organizations who would have non-terrorism related reasons for malicious acts. Open questions: Where are the cargo holds that are used to carry the passengers' luggage? Are they physically close to the computer and navigation systems that ACARS messages reported as failing? And obviously, physical evidence would be useful. Verdict: Possible, but perhaps unlikely. References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447#cite_note-58 B. Explosion or other rapid, harmful reaction from the cargo The sequence of events is as in the terrorism theory. Supportive evidence: The sequence of events supports this theory, as it does the terrorism theory. Evidence against: There is no information that the cargo could have contained something harmful. Open questions: More information is needed about what was in the cargo, and from who cargo was taken from. Verdict: Possible, but unlikely. C. Fire Fire starts in cargo, in systems, or anywhere else in the aircraft, and spreads, either disabling a sufficient number of aircraft systems to lead to a loss of control, or incapacitates the crew. Supportive evidence: Systems turning themselves off one by one could be caused by fire. Cabin pressure warning might have been generated through the crew's actions to let the air out of the cabin in an effort to put out the fire. The location of the debris indicates that the crew might have turned back in an effort to get to the nearest airport. Evidence against: It seems unlikely that the fire could have spread fast enough that the crew would not have notified air traffic control. Open questions: More information is needed about the ACARS messages and whether they could have been caused by fire. Verdict: Possible, but unlikely D. Weather D1. Turbulence Turbulence breaks up the plane, or causes it to enter an uncontrollable dive. Supportive evidence: Very high winds and turbulence was detected in the area. Tim Vasquez's analysis indicates that there were strong updrafts in the exact area that the flight was expected to fly through. Evidence against: other flights in the same time frame and route did not encounter significant turbulence. Verdict: Possible, but there are several unexplained questions. In particular, why was only AF 447 affected? Or did several issues contribute to the outcome, along with turbulence? References: http://www.weathergraphics.com/tim/af447/ D2. Lightning Lightning hits the aircraft and causes either structural or systems damage. Evidence against: Tim Vasquez's analysis speaks against this. Verdict: Unlikely D3. Hail Hail hits the aircraft and causes either structural damage, shuts the engines down, or breaks cockpit windows and incapacitates the crew. Supportive evidence: There has been rumors about ACARS icing messages. Evidence against: Tim Vasquez's analysis speaks against the occurrence of significant hail. Unless the crew was incapacitated, mere engine shutdown would have lead to the crew contacting the air traffic control. Open questions: The sequence of ACARS messages needs to be known. Verdict: Unlikely D4. Ice Icing causes the aircraft to lose its flying capabilities. Supportive evidence: See the evidence for the hail theory. Evidence against: Tim Vasquez's analysis speaks against the existence of supercooled water at the expected tempera

Severe turbulence caused too much stress on the aircraft's fuselage causing it to break in the air (This is known as midair break up).

Turbulence I think caused it to crash. there have been many reports of planes running into turbulence and plunging many thousands of feet and just being able to pull out before the plane hit the ground or the sea, I think this time it hit the sea before it could pull out of the dive.

it flew through a storm, it got hit by lightning which doesnt usually cause problems, it sent out a electrical failure and loss of pressure message, the turbines work without electricity, but steering doesn't, hit turbulence, couldnt recover, crashed... even though scraps were found 35 miles apart... there are currents... the pilot had 11000 hours logged, 1700 hours logged with THAT A330, so he was very experienced, they were out of radar range...