A little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

[LooPrEvil]

RTFM (Read the ****ing Manual!!)

 

[holmslaw]

I bet it was a conspiracy.

 

[nickso]

a real man only reads the instructions if all other avenues fail and he has spent a minimum of 4 hours trying it his way.

 

[conny]

A mans way is always the right way.
Its the wrong instructions in the manual that cause him to take 4 hours to do a 15 minute job!

 

[thatbloke]

They were probably in German anyway.

 

[Mickymoody]

I don't believe that was the first Airbus crash, but one earlier, at an Airshow, when it was first shown, and the 'fly by wire' vs computers didn't work...

The plane cut down a forest, after the runway...Please state sources, or make stuff up.

 

[Alarm]

Year before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD4tIvPHwE

Auto landing not quite to plan.

 

[LooPrEvil]

Year before http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD4tIvPHwE

Auto landing not quite to plan.

I remember that one, the worlds press were there to witness it. But details of the other incident were kept under wraps for a couple of years.