Cessnapete
You’re not missing anything. It’s not the A/T nor the A/P that caused this crash. It’s a 737. It requires no automatic systems to fly perfectly well. It requires - uniquely today- no hydraulic power nor
AC electrical power either. So as some have said it must be something else. Pilot training perhaps? Something catastrophic? But an engine failure, AP or AT fail don’t cut it with correctly trained pilots.
CVR missing is a real problem. But they already know what happened. Just not quite what conversation took place aboard during the event