Since there was a series of failure messages that was sent by the planes control systems shows something went wrong and when the plane failed, it happened so quick that the pilots never got off a mayday.
The plane was almost brand new and has a pretty good history flight wise. Qantas had a incident with the same model of plane when the auto pilot made the plane descend rapidly twice in quick succession, only the quick response of the flight crew crew saved it from crashing into the sea. They are still unsure why it happened the last I heard, and it may not be related to this case.
My thoughts are with the families of those who have lost there lives
