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It actually looks like the damn thing was programed to crash. Pilots fought the computer to the very end.
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No, it wasn’t programmed to crash.
The root cause of both crashes was a bad alpha vane sensor.
The pilots didn’t fight the computer. The problem was the pilots trusted the computer when it was obviously malfunctioning, rather than taking control of the situation.
Holding on to the trim wheel would have kept the plane from crashing.
Switching to the good alpha vane sensor would have kept the plane from crashing.
Not retracting the flaps with the stick shaker activated would have kept the plane from crashing.
Reducing the throttles would have kept the plane from crashing.
Electronically trimming the stabilizer before disabling the trim system would have kept the plane from crashing.
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