SU 593
23 Mar 1994 · Human Error (Crew)AEROFLOT FLIGHT 593
Airbus A310-300 · Aeroflot · Image: Wikimedia Commons
Why it happened
Captain let his children sit at the controls
Autopilot lateral channel
Flight controls
Cockpit discipline
Aircraft
Airbus A310-300
Aeroflot
Route
Moscow–Sheremetyevo (SVO), Russia
→ Hong Kong–Kai Tak (HKG)
People
75 on board
75 fatalities
Date
23 Mar 1994
Flight crew
Captain: Yaroslav Kudrinsky
Category
Human Error (Crew)
When decisions in the cockpit seal the outcome.
THE STORY
The captain let his 15-year-old son sit at the controls. The boy's inputs silently disengaged part of the autopilot and the jet corkscrewed into Siberia.