Troubling indications
The evidence, sketchy as it is, suggests to me some kind of catastrophic break-up of the aircraft at or above FL350. No Mayday call, no EPIRB signal, no trace of the a/c as yet.
With one report suggesting there were ACARS messages reporting both a short circuit of some kind with the electricals, as well as a loss of cabin pressure, an electrical fire combined with oxygen mask deployment could plausibly result in an explosive combination. At cruise speed in a violent thunderstorm the debris field would surely be very widely spread, making for an almost impossible recovery task.
I certainly hope the CVR and FDR are found - it would be extraordinary if no trace of the a/c were located at all. And very hard on friends and relatives in that kind of scenario, with no 'closure'.
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Philip
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