I honesly think its crazy that we are now in a situation where a plane is crashing and we are saying we need a software update... its gone too far
This is not a first, software code has been responsible for prior accidents, Iberia A320 being one.
The design of the flight control system was such that the actions of both pilots over the flight controls were ignored by the logic of the control system and prevented the aircraft from flaring.
The cause of the accident was the activation of the angle of attack protection system which, under a particular combination of vertical gusts and windshear and the simultaneous actions of both crew members on the sidesticks, not considered in the design, prevented the aeroplane from pitching up and flaring during the landing.
Fixed by a code modification.
http://www.fomento.es/NR/rdonlyres/8...006_A_ENG1.pdf