The airbus has a fly-by-wire system. They were having electrical problems. Logically, lighting could be a cause -— but so could a software bug.
I could see a critical failure caused by lighting, where they lost control.
I could also see a minor failure, and the pilots putz around trying to figure out what was going on, fail no notice altitude and slam into the ocean, akin to the TWA (?) flight that put itself into the Florida everglades.
I am curious as to the perported loss of cabin pressure — which also could be a false alert due to electronic bugs.
“I am curious as to the perported loss of cabin pr”
The storms they flew into could rip apart a jet.