This accident like all accidents/incidents was a chain of events, ICE was the initial culprit leading to false indications then followed a chain of events that led to a disastrous result.
I believe even a seasoned pilot can make mistakes (as we have all too often seen on Air Crash shows, even a classic stall with a conventional control column) when under duress being presented with conflicting instrument readings.
The somewhat inexperienced pilots where presented with multiple aural & visual (inst readings) conflicting warnings all in the middle of the night & where taken by surprise, something that any pilot would initially be disorientated with.That's not an excuse I know but it's just one link in the chain of events, a major one that was most likely the catalyst for the end sad result.
Since then Airbus has learnt much & the results/changes are happening this very day in Sims.
Humans only ever learn from their mistakes, like the machines we are fallible & with automation dependance these days that's a dangerous combination in the above scenario as we are trained to believe our instruments.
There's been copious amounts of data presented on this accident for anyone's viewing above & beyond some TV report.
Wmk2
Last edited by Wally Mk2; 13th May 2013 at 00:41.