Airbus is a bureaucratic nightmare that makes really scary aircraft. See:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,679980,00.html
This analysis clearly demonstrates that the computer killed everyone on the aircraft, The hard part is that the pilots could do nothing as they could not operate the aircraft without it.
This could not happen on Boeing aircraft -- yes, the sensors could lie to you but you can still fly a 777 by "seat" feel without the computer. |