One should always avoid bad weather... and when over populated airspace US Europe etc. It is much easier to deviate around the worst of it. You always ask Air traffic control first if you can deviate left or right... Radar control giving you info on other traffic which might affect.

Across the Atlantic or other area of limited, if no radar cover there are set down procedures for deviating around the weather. And in fact all the times I have crossed the Atlantic I have always been able to deviate the worst of the weather.

As always accidents/incidents are usually accredited to a number of things going wrong, not just the one. (The swiss cheese effect) and I'm affraid all the holes lined up that night.

Roy

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