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With this argument, you are basically saying there is no such thing as 'pilot error'. I challenge you to find a few pilots who will agree with you.Well its always easier to blame human error when the pilot is dead and not around to defend itself.
Am not going to even try to decipher this.And most of the time the technical errors of an airplane that could have been prevented if the pilot taught of them are attributed as human error instead of technical error. Even if those situation can happen because different common and rare reasons and for those there different solution even contradicting ones for the problems.
And the final conclusion was that the mishap was a combination of human and technical issues.For example look at Air Transat Flight 236 . the airline and maintenance crew made all the mistakes . the pilot did everything as it was expected for him and at the end investigators said one of the lead causes of the accident (for failing to identify the fuel leak). And it was at a time that Airbus computers still didn't check that if the fuel consumption is more than what it should be.
http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010824-1
Let us take a closer look at what YOU said...
"And it was at a time that Airbus computers still didn't check that if the fuel consumption is more than what it should be."
If the flight management computer did not monitor fuel consumption with regards to estimated trip duration and distance, how is that a design flaw? By your reasoning, every aircraft since the Wright Flyer has been flawed, correct? WW II era aircrafts did not have computers and navigators had to use compasses, rulers, pens, and their own intuition.
If the flight management computer did not monitor fuel consumption with regards to estimated trip duration and distance, it was not designed to do so, and if it was not designed to do so, then the burden falls upon the aircrew, and if the aircrew failed in any way, then the mishap is human caused.
Take aircraft trim, for example...
https://www.sita.aero/resources/air...-2-2014/less-burn-less-cost---weight--balance
If an aircrew failed to properly trim an aircraft -- any aircraft -- it will take a higher fuel consumption than normal to fly a known distance. In this, there is nothing the aircraft's fuel management system can do. Do not take my words for it. Take the issue to any pilot you can find and ask him/her how important is trimming in flight with regards to fuel consumption. And if the aircraft has a mishap due to lack of fuel, and investigation found the aircraft has been flying improperly trimmed, what else can it be but pilot error?“Where that center of gravity rests is vital to obtaining the ideal trim position, which optimizes aircraft balance in flight – reducing drag, improving lift and enhancing fuel burn efficiency,” says SITA’s John Gayton, Product Manager for Horizon Weight & Balance.
Your example took 38 MONTHS to conclude. Are you telling me that they decided to drag out yrs of investigation just to blame the aircrew?
I understand that national pride is at stake, but you are taking this far too personally. Lay off the anti-West and conspiracy sentiments.