If AF447 was a 767....
It generally takes several cumulative errors to bring down an airliner. In the case of AF447, based on what we currently hypothesize, it flew through a severe thunder storm, encountered severe icing over sea at night, was a computer-controlled aircraft, the pilots were unable to recognize what was happening and respond appropriately, and the plane made the mother-of-all-bellyflops. My question, (as a non-pilot) is this: if this flight was a 767 rather than an A330, would that be enough of a difference to prevent this particular crash. Would a 767 fail differently given the same situation? Did the various flight laws peculiar to fbw and Airbus present enough of a challenge to tip the odds against the 228 souls on-board. Severe icing can down anything currently flying, but it took more than just that to bring down AF447. Any informed opinions on what AF447's outcome would be if a 767 left Rio that evening and not an A330?