Did neutrons cause QANTAS flight QF72 to drop in altitude?

 

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QANTAS Airways’ (Sydney) flight QF 72 operated by an Airbus A330-300 from Singapore to Brisbane quickly plunged over Western Australia on October 20. Investigators still are mystified as to what caused this sudden drop and are now looking at neutrons from cosmic radiation as a possible cause.

 

News link:

news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaking-news-national/neutron-may-have-caused-qantas-fall-20091118-ilcl.html