Cupart,
My point is, why are all the media outlets reporting the plane encountered turbulence if we really have no idea that it did? Virtually every news article is citing it as fact, but no one really knows that it actually happened. Don't you think there's something strange/wrong with that?

I'm not saying I have information to prove otherwise, I'm just wondering: If the pilot/captain never communicated that to air traffic control or to Air France, why is everyone assuming that turbulence/storms must have been the cause or one of the contributing factors?