re: Russian plane skids on runway on fire, At least 13 dead Update: 41 dead

Aeroflot flight 593, where the pilot let his kids sit in the pilot's seat and his 16 year old son disengaged (accidentally) the autopilot.

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With the autopilot active, Kudrinsky, against regulations, let the children sit at the controls. Kudrinsky's son Eldar occupied the pilot's seat. Unlike his sister, Eldar applied enough force to the control column to contradict the autopilot for 30 seconds. This caused the flight computer to switch the plane's ailerons to manual control while maintaining control over the other flight systems.

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This confused the pilots for nine seconds, during which time the plane banked past a 45-degree angle to almost 90 degrees, steeper than the design allowed. The A310 cannot turn this steeply while maintaining height, and the plane started to lose altitude quickly. The increased g-forces on the pilots and crew made it extremely difficult for them to regain control.

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Piskaryov then managed to pull out of the dive, but over-corrected, putting the plane in an almost vertical ascent, again stalling the plane, which fell out of the sky into a corkscrew dive.

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Sorry, but I couldn't help myself.

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Just saw a video posted on Reddit from inside the burning plane complete with sound.

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You don't have to go to reddit. Just do a twitter search for Russian fire - It's the first video on the page (for me anyways).

I've flown Aeroflot. Will fly again. Will be squeezing the arm rest until I completely land.

Yep. that was terrible. Wonder what the emergency was?

I see that several passengers took the time to collect their overhead luggage, while others were left behind screaming in agony. How Russia can you get..

Aeroflot has had more (fatal) crashes than any airline in the history of commercial aviation.

8,231 have met their maker on Aeroflot metal.

I was on a flight that had a very tough landing in a blizzard in Russia. It was the worst flight I ever had.

This is what can happen when you don’t put your phones in airplane mode, folks.