wrote:

It is sounding like the Kenya 737-800 may have suffered a dual engine
flameout in heavy rain, similar to this event:

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...0524-0&lang=en

That isn't very likely, as the aircraft was probably at climb power, as the
other poster suggested.

It is far too early to guess at a cause. There are lots of options, such
as the following list:

- In-flight breakup because of an encounter with heavy turbulance.
- Lightning strike causing loss of navigation instruments or controls.
- Malfunction of flight control surfaces.
- Sabotage or hijacking.
- Some type of crew distraction that caused them to lose situational
awareness.
- Collision with a large buzzard.

Yes, many of those possibilities are highly improbable, but when all one
has is a smoking hole without any other information, anything is possible.
Might as well have a OUIJA board do the analysis as guess at a cause.