[reed13k]

If that’s true then it was a crappy design - fail safes should fail “safe” and allow manual override at all times not force you to accept whatever fate the system decides.

[Steve Van Doorn]

said, "fail safes should fail “safe”"
you would think so. right? I believe the captains of the ships did everything they could do to stop their ships. Before shutting down the whole freaking ship.