[Southack]

"The article mentions that the 737 took a drastic evasion maneuver to avoid hitting the Embraer jet. I suspect that it was mostly the aftermath of this action, in addition to minor wing damage, that caused the 737 to spiral in."

It's possible that the evasive maneuver was forced before the autopilot could be turned off. If so, then it is possible that the autopilot fought with the human pilot...potentially fatal.

As a fellow pilot, been there, done that...lived to tell about it.

[Habibi]

"It's possible that the evasive maneuver was forced before the autopilot could be turned off. If so, then it is possible that the autopilot fought with the human pilot...potentially fatal."

Nah. The 737 autopilot disengages automatically, even if the disengage button is not depressed. Handy feature, that one.

As to "been there, done that...lived to tell about it.", even if you think you can prove that I did those things..............

"I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can't prove anything!"

-Bart Simpson