Originally Posted by
silverstrata
Eh? The pilots chose the wrong descent mode - rate of descent instead of angle of descent.
While you might claim ergonomic deficiencies were involved, ...
Silver
er...and the lack of Balise to locate the plane resulting in most of the survivors freezing to death because it took hours more than neccessary to find it.
Who's decision was this the pilots too??
(bean counters, said it wasn't needed)
And
How come a terrain warning was unable to prevent the plane literally being within 10m altitude height of clearing the top of the mountain (I have been there and visited the site).
In the urge to continue the Airbus v Boeing wars, better to be sure of your facts n'est pas?