Relive the tragedy Plane crash kills 75 people on board; pilot meets to let children try flying a plane

Relive the shocking tragedy Plane crash kills 75 people, all dead after pilot lets his son try flying the plane Found many errors. I didn’t see the warning light because I wasn’t familiar with the machine.

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April 24, 2024 Ladbible takes a look back at one of the saddest aviation tragedies in history. This happened 30 years ago when an Aeroflot passenger plane It reached its end with 75 lives on board. The results of the investigation later No problems with the aircraft were found. But it all happened when the pilot let his children into the cockpit.

Back on March 22, 1994 at 4:39 p.m., Airbus A310 flight 593 of Aeroflot Airlines. Departure from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, Russia. Heading to Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport with 63 passengers and 12 crew, including Russian pilot Andrew Viktorovich Danilov. Be the captain of this journey.

Captain Andrew Viktorovich Danilov is an experienced pilot with more than 9,500 flight hours. His assistant on the flight was Igor Vasilyevich Piskarjov. and Yaroslav Vladimirovich Kudrinsky, senior co-pilot. which has high flight hours as well

However, the plane later crashed in a remote mountainous area. in southern Russia, resulting in the deaths of 75 people on board. The cause of the plane crash remains a mystery in the early stages of the investigation. But the terrifying truth about what happened that night It was discovered as the investigation progressed.

What exactly happened before the plane crashed?

It appears that shortly after midnight on March 23, the captain was resting. Kudrinsky took control of the plane. He took this opportunity to invite his two children who were traveling as passengers. Come into the cockpit to check out Dad’s workplace. As a result, there were three people in the cockpit at that time, the three pilots and two children.

At that time the plane was on autopilot. to fly automatically to the destination And most of the passengers were asleep. However, Kudrinsky allowed his 13-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son to take turns occupying their seats. and have them both try using the airplane controls. Previously, the children’s controls had no effect because the autopilot system was on. But his son’s birth caused the autopilot system to unknowingly stop controlling part of the equipment. And the pilot made the mistake of not seeing the warning lights. Because both pilots had always flown with Russian aircraft. I just recently switched to an A310 aircraft, so I’m not yet familiar with this type of cockpit warning light system.

What happened next was a disaster. The plane began to bank to the right, reaching a 45-degree angle, at which point the autopilot could no longer maintain altitude. Kudrinsky immediately ordered the co-pilot to take control of the plane. as he himself tried to get his son out of his seat so he could take control of the plane. But even after changing seats The tilt angle increased to 90 degrees.

The plane still couldn’t take off from that steep angle. while trying to maintain altitude The aircraft began to descend rapidly, and the increased G-forces presented a serious challenge to the pilot. The pilot attempted to raise the aircraft and make several rescue attempts. But the plane ended up spiraling and descending below a safe altitude for flight. For routes over mountainous terrain

At 00.59 the air traffic control center in Novokznetsk which is nearby It is awaiting updates on the aircraft’s position via radio transmissions from the flight. But the signal never arrived. The plane had disappeared from their radar screens. It was found that at 12:58 a.m. the plane had crashed into the ground in the Kuznetsky Alatau mountain region in southern Russia. It killed 75 passengers and crew, while the plane itself was completely damaged.

Although the airline originally denied the pilot’s mistake, But the truth came out later when a leaked copy of the cockpit voice recording emerged. was published through local media

Thanks for the information from Ladbible, Aerotime.