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Originally Posted by Flabbibulin
I was under the impression that airbus were fly by wire and the computer basically wont let a pilot intentionally crash? Im guessing I am incorrect on this, or it is a system easily deactivated?
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You are correct that the plane is fly-by-wire, but it's only slightly more difficult to intentionally crash the airplane than a comparable Boeing. EGPWS (enhanced ground prox warning system) will have given a few "too low, terrain! whoop whoop PULL UP" as they approached the mountain but the descent rate commanded wasn't outside limits, so you could fly into a mountain as they did all day with no intervention.