Isn’t the Airbus model fuselage composed of a fiberglass type material for lighter weight? The plane that also went down in severe turbulence from Brazil to France was also an Airbus. Are Boeing built planes superior in handling severe turbulence vs Airbus?
Questions and answers:
Q: Isn’t the Airbus model fuselage composed of a fiberglass type material for lighter weight? A: The Airbus A320 has a metal (aluminum alloy) fuselage.
Q: Are Boeing built planes superior in handling severe turbulence vs Airbus? A: That is a question asking for an opinion, not a fact. I think that it is a fact that both Boeing aircraft and Airbus aircraft have been lost - or nearly lost - as an indirect result of severe turbulence, especially when it occurs during instrument flight conditions. What can be said with a good degree of confidence is that turbulence alone is an unlikely culprit; there is ordinarily some other factor involved, such as engine malfunction, instrumentation malfunction, vertigo leading to pilot error, failure of a key mechanical or electrical part, etc., leading to a cascade of problems ending in catastrophe.
Composite construction is a very new feature. The Boeing 787 has a compute fuselage. The Airbus A350XWB has a composite fuselage. No other large commercial aircraft have composite constructions, including the A320 and A330.