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The fact that there was a storm that could cause icing (perhaps due to super cooled water, or is it super chilled water) could have been shared thus giving AF447 a greater opportunity to avoid it, which could/would have meant the pitot's would not have become blocked which would mean the auto pilot would not have turned off due to faulty airspeed input which would mean there would have been no need for pilot to fly the plane and hold the stick back for so long. Of course its a moot point for AF447 - RIP.