# Air France Flight 296 (1996): conspiracy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-france-flight-296-1996-conspiracy/606342>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-france-flight-296-1996-conspiracy/606342 "2011-12-15T21:35:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-france-flight-296-1996-conspiracy/606342/21 "2011-12-17T08:57:26Z")

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> [@LSLGuy](#):
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> Airbus remains dedicated even today to their ideas about how to design an airliner. Despite a notably higher rate of accidents caused by, or exacerbated by, the airplane being, IMO, just a little too smart, which turns into being just a little too dumb when the chips are down.

IS that a fact or an opinion? If it is the former, could you provide some cite for it?

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