On Flight 447. pilots contended with escalating failures in their flight control system while alarms were going off and no natural horizon was visible to orient or fly by; and they were completely dependent on electronic instrumentation that were providing faulty data.

What went wrong?

George’s Point of View

5,717 aircraft have been manufactured by Airbus.
5,100 are in use.
23 have been involved in fatal crashes
2,584 people have been killed by Airbuses.
5 additional accidents have caused 21 injuries.
Three Airbus crashes involved a separation of the composite vertical stabilizer from the fuselage.
Airbus composite stabilizers, rudders and couplers have also been involved in additional accidents and incidents.
25% of new Airbuses are made of composite material, including the plastic vertical stabilizer over 78 feet long
There have been 10 recorded incidents when A300 tail fins were stressed beyond their capacity.

Many pilots refuse to fly the Airbus. Maybe they have the right idea.