TAM A320 crash at Congonhas, Brazil

[BOAC]

With Danny's agreement we have decided to split this thread from this point on into an R&N thread dealing with the practical side of the accident and investigation (plus the AB/Boeing flame wars, of course) and a new one in Tech Log where academia can discuss the computer/logic/interface/accident HF psychology what-have-yous. Both very important topics, but the intermix is beginning to cloud the horizon for a lot of people.

New thread at http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?p=3590625

We therefore ask that any posts on the latter (any design philosophy/systems/accident investigation theories or practices that do NOT directly relate to the specifics of this accident) be placed into the new thread. Thank you all.