>>Air France received a bomb threat for a flight from Buenos Aires to Paris 5 days before a flight from Rio to Paris went missing over the Atlantic Ocean.
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>Most interesting..... considering those AirBuses are built to just about be self-flying and extrememly robust.... I find it hard to believe that the pilots would fly into a thunderstorm, with the inbuilt radar systems created to avoid that kind of thing....
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>plus... the pilot never gave a may-day... the destruction of the plane was very quick. I think the odds are very good they made good on their threat....

Planes fly through hurricanes regularly to gather information. Speculating - The whole weather story may be a smoke screen they put up while they track down a lead.