The day of the breaking news of the disappearance of flight 447 there was mention of the pilot being in communication with the company (Air France) at the time of the incident, and all of a sudden the communication from the pilots end ceased.
Wondering if anybody else read that, and if so was there a followup article describing the content of the discussion, and as to whether or not it was pertinent to the potential of disaster?
I’ve read, nor heard anymore of that conversation.
No, the plane was sending automatic computer generated information on the anomalies.
The last communication mentioned was to air traffic control in Brazil about the thunderstorms.
I think you’re remembering it wrong, or you read an early report that got it wrong. The pilot had sent a routine communication much earlier, mentioning the strong thunderstorm activity (which is normal and expected in that area). That was the last communication from the crew. Then they missed a standard check-in point a while after that, but reportedly that’s not very uncommon due to transmission problems from that location. It was quite some time after the last direct communication, and after the missed checkpoint, that the barrage of automated messages from the plane starting going out. Everything was fine the last time the crew was heard from directly.