I don't think they're very comparable. AF447 was in no trouble whatsoever when the autopilot cut out. From that point a cascading series of misunderstandings

I don't think they're very comparable. AF447 was in no trouble whatsoever when the autopilot cut out. From that point a cascading series of misunderstandings led the pilots to crash the fully flyable plane. Going by memory, the sequence goes something like this: * Ice clogs the aircraft's pitot tube, so the computer loses airspeed sensor data. This causes the autopilot to turn off and the flight computer to change to "alternate law". This is very important because normally the computer does not allow a pilot to stall the aircraft. Under alternate law the pilot has more direct/traditional control, and can stall. * The pilots didn't clearly understand why the autopilot went out, or that they were in alternate law. The copilot (who was flying the aircraft) began pulling back on the stick, without communicating his action. * The pilots started to get stall warnings, but didn't understand how they could be stalling, because they didn't know they were in alternate law. * The captain tried to take control to recover. Despite verbally acknowledging the control hand-off (IIRC) the co-pilot continued pulling back on his stick. * The captain didn't realize that his control inputs are being overridden by the co-pilot and becomes increasingly confused about why the aircraft isn't responding to his inputs. * By the time the captain does realize what is happening, it's far too late to recover.