Originally Posted by PJ2
The QANTAS accident occurred through elevator deflection, however. Caught quickly, it is controllable through pilot input. I think what takata stated regarding giving credit to the engineers and pilots is the correct view and coincides with my own experience in general - it is an easily controlled set of circumstances if caught quickly - and it's what pilots do - just like the QANTAS guys did.
Quick or not, regarding QF72, there was nothing to be done as long as the protections were in control ...