Sorry to add yet another biased view of a confirmed luddite, but is anyone over the age of, say 40, truly surprised by this.
Too clever is TOO clever and this is yet another incident, that, had it happened at a different altitude or place ,would have joined the list of, at least partially, unexplained airbus whoopsies, headed ignominously by the AF A330.
Last edited by captplaystation; 12th November 2010 at 21:13.