The airshow one looks very much like pilot error... not a great example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_296Q https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air

The airshow one looks very much like pilot error... not a great example. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_296Q https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_296Q You have an experienced pilot who knew the plane and its safety systems disable alpha floor protection before completely botching the approach. He could have aborted and gone around to get set up properly. But he didn't. Instead he dropped to 30 feet on idle engine thrust, in a high drag configuration, and didn't press the TOGA button until 4 seconds before the crash. That's not enough time for the engine to spool up from idle. I don't support prosecuting pilots except in the most egregious cases and I think involuntary manslaughter was the right call here. Edit: The pilot claimed to have done this maneuver 20 times prior to the crash.