alt Hacker NewsAirbus is not immune to design & manufacturing issues with fatal consequences, they’re just not too-of-mind these days. A similar issue seems to have ‘cropped up’ on this flight: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_72
There was a television show (episode) about another design issue (which was fatal) some time ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447
Quoting your link, "Final Report" section:
> Temporary inconsistency between the measured speeds, likely as a result of the obstruction of the pitot tubes by ice crystals, caused autopilot disconnection and [flight control mode] reconfiguration to "alternate law (ALT)".
- The crew made inappropriate control inputs that destabilized the flight path.
- The crew failed to follow appropriate procedure for loss of displayed airspeed information.
- The crew were late in identifying and correcting the deviation from the flight path.
- The crew lacked understanding of the approach to stall.
- The crew failed to recognize the aircraft had stalled, and consequently did not make inputs that would have made recovering from the stall possible.
Note the numerous "the crew"