[frompdx]

I don't see how this was a result of complex automation or software appliances interfering with the captain and first officer's ability to fly the plane. The investigation concluded the flight was recoverable until just five seconds before impact. The plane was in full manual flight configuration well before impact. The captain failed to keep the first officer inside the control loop by failing to call out what he was doing and as a result the first officer made the situation worse. The captain stopped giving callouts in response to his perceived frustration with the control tower and the commands they gave.

[potato3732842]

The pilot(s) attempted to basically program the aircraft to go around. By the time they finally committed to flying rawdog too much confusion had been created and too much situational loss. The whole "average input" thing kinda kicked them while they were down and that was it.

Yes, they could have saved it with better communication too but the amount of time they spent trying to "manage the airplane" and respond to it's behaviors and its systems behaviors between being told to go around and crashing clearly detracted from their ability to simply fly the thing.