Alternate law limits would have prevented that- and plane and passengers would have been swimming with the fish . .
Except that on the 'Bus, with one engine out you are still in Normal Law with full protections in place, and the plane would not have rolled into the spiral dive to begin with...
Simply losing one engine on a 747 should not result in total loss of control by the crew and a 5g 30,000ft plunge. Once he took manual control, the Captain made several basic mistakes and nearly killed everyone on board. That is completely unacceptable.
If anything, China Airlines 006 further supports the Airbus design philosophy.