Ok I got the link to the straits times. It majors on someone looking in manuals for a solution. That is not how it works. There is never time to look in a manual in a critical situation on a plane. You are trained how to deal with it from memory, [MEMORY ITEMS] and Runaway Stab is a memory drill. Or, you read the Quick Ref Handbook which is beside the pilots at all times and is easy to get to in a matter of seconds. All pilots know this book inside out, or should. The article also refers to a third pilot fixing the problem the previous day using the simple recommended technique. If this is the case, we then know that the accident was a avoidable given the training and knowledge. It was not Unavoidable.
Yanrair.
Were there things going on here that should not have happened - yes
Are there things that can be improved - yes
Was it avoidable? Looks like it was.
Remember, there is a reason why we have pilots. And two of them. And one of those reasons, perhaps the most important one, is for when the on board systems don't behave as designed. Good example. BA 747 with four engines failed over Indonesia for over 20 minutes. Now guys, that was not in the manual. Everyone lived.
Bye for now - think this is a great forum and I respect every contribution.