Air France Flight 447: ? space junk ?

Air France Flight 447: (does anyone care to ask?)

There is no such atmospheric turbulence at that cruising altitude,
much less lightening. However, this area is also the prime downrange
gauntlet for satellite junk.

Of course global military operations and of their multiple
surveillance satellites plus all sorts of space junk tracking stations
would have recorded Air France Flight 447 on its way, and having known
of whatever was coming down within that specific pathway.

~ BG