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by kayfox 2368 days ago
There is:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qantas_Flight_72

Edit: To be clear, while this was 10 years ago and noone died, this incident seems to me to be a bit worse than the issues with the 737 MAX in that with the A330, there is no shutting off the systems that caused this issue, as they are part of the flight controls. Fortunately the causes were investigated and while the exact cause of the issue was not identified, the computer systems were updated to deal the fault scenarios identified in the investigation.

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That one was a case of electronic gremlins in one particular plane together with a quite particular edge case in the software, based on reasonable assumptions.
Electronic gremlins that resulted in the temporary loss of flight control responsiveness.

In a fly by wire aircraft.