• Aeroflot Flight 593

  • May 7 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Aeroflot Flight 593

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  • On March 23, 1994, an Aeroflot Airbus A310 crashed in the Siberian wilderness, killing all 75 people on board. Discover how a pilot's decision to let his children visit the cockpit led to disaster when his 15-year-old son inadvertently disengaged the autopilot. Learn how confusion over the aircraft's sophisticated systems, inadequate training, and a series of misinterpretations prevented the crew from recovering control as the plane entered a fatal spiral. This preventable tragedy forever changed cockpit access policies and highlighted the unforgiving consequences of breaking aviation's fundamental safety rules.

    Sources:

    • Mayday: Air Crash Investigation - Season 3, Episode 10, titled "Kid in the Cockpit"
    • Official accident investigation reports from the Interstate Aviation Committee
    • Interviews with aviation safety experts and crash investigators
    • Wikipedia page on Aeroflot Flight 593


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