I think this could be prevented by removing humans from the cockpit and let computers take over. I think we are not there yet: http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/

I think this could be prevented by removing humans from the cockpit and let computers take over. I think we are not there yet: http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/lufthansa-airbus-computerpanne-schickte-maschine-in-den-sturzflug-a-1024652.html http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/lufthansa-airbus-computerpann... tl;dr: frozen sensors put the plane on a crash course. Plane is saved by pilots completely shutting down the computer system.