The Story of Aeroflot Flight 593 | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 23rd of March, 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 was en route from Moscow to Hong Kong with 75 people on board..."
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[@mccabber24]

Imagine getting prepped for surgery, you got the gas mask on, and the last thing you hear is "Hey there kiddo, do you want to make the first incision?"

[@TiffanyWeiland]

Broke my arm and needed a metal plate with a few screws, I was getting prepped for surgery, the last thing I heard was the doctors talking about the new power tools they were about to use. Men, smh. True story.

[@jena.alexia]

Good analogy.

[@JosieJOK]

@@TiffanyWeiland I don’t think that most people realize that the tools orthopedic surgeons use are so similar to the tools many people have in their toolboxes or workshops. I mean, it makes sense, but I certainly didn’t before I broke my leg!

[@Aztesticals]

@@JosieJOK they just have blades on a sharpness level that isn't funny.

[@lesflynn4455]

Thanks for making this analogy. It's entirely appropriate. I can't believe how many commenters are saying "The poor boy. He must have been so scared!" Ahem. How many elephants are in this room now???

[@FunnyLilNightmare]

"Unable to do anything further, the auto-pilot disengaged completely." - When even the plane knows it's screwed.

[@noka1979]

Yep, giving back full control to the pilot

[@chatteyj]

Perhaps the pilot should have more control if you know what I am saying and for it be absolutely crystal clear when he doesn't and for which systems

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

Lol ... screwed like their flight path !

[@ptonpc]

I remember at the time, one of the 'selling points' of the Airbus was that if you took your hands off the controls and the autopilot was engaged, It would do all it could to save the plane.

[@LMSILVIA]

Autopilot ECM swiftly ejected with its own liitle parachute... EFF THIS!

[@willlyhickey]

The widow must have had the worst “Five stages of grief,” anyone has ever had. To go from thinking “My god my family is dead.” To “My god, my husband was the idiot who killed a plane full of people and my children.” To “My god, had they just done nothing they’d all be alive.”

[@Sparess]

If you don't do anything crazy, then are you really alive anyway?

[@KoiYakultGreenTea]

@@Sparess in this case. Yeah 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@royalcrumble2384]

@@Sparess if you don't kill 74 people including your children, are you really alive anyway?

[@kiaragrant5116]

@@Sparess that's a shit take

[@kiaragrant5116]

@@Sparess they are to the people who care about that individual

[@Stoney1217]

CAN YOU IMAGINE minding your business on this flight not knowing that there are literally children flying the plane

[@randomsimpson]

"They're doing WHAT up there?!"

[@l.d.t.6327]

in Russia, yes.

[@RM_VFX]

You'd get the idea when you start doing barrel rolls.

[@Ferdrew-rp5ey]

😲😲😯😮/👍✔️

[@Ferdrew-rp5ey]

​@@l.d.t.6327Da !! 😲😁💀

[@ShakespearsCyst]

As soon as you were like "Kadrinsky had two children on board." I was like *OH GOD IT'S THIS ONE*

[@velconx15]

O h b o y

[@njunderground82]

Yep. I remember this story from Air Disasters on Smithsonian Channel.

[@mrabintom]

me too. Remember watching this two years back on TheFlightChannel

[@Brendan-Black]

@@mrabintom For anyone else that wants to watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2LOgXSNi65oi6M

[@Reg121]

That was my exact reaction too! Oh God, the one with the kid at the controls!

[@theBuilder10000]

Went from "Hey son, want to play with the controls?" to "You are now the only person who can save the people on the plane. Don't screw up." Real fast.

[@vcdonovan5943]

I guess that's what happens when you hand over control of things to ignorant children... People should remember that the next time they're wondering where society went wrong.

[@alexiabratsch7864]

Ignorant may be the wrong adjective for the children. Ignorance of the father, allowing such tragedy and putting his children in control of so many lives. Society isn’t f*cked because of the children, it’s the parents that messed up. That’s why you boomers are so bitter.

[@kaprory]

@@alexiabratsch7864 the children ARE ignorant, it’s not a bad thing, it just means THEY’RE NOT AWARE. The father is ultimately an IDIOT for doing this. Ignorance isn’t a bad thing, it just means they haven’t been educated!

[@vcdonovan5943]

For those who missed the subtext... By "ignorant children" I was referring to grown ass adults.

[@kenirainseeker539]

@@vcdonovan5943 "where society went wrong" says guy with a profile picture of an angry dude with a gun pointed at the camera

[@QT5656]

Person writing the training manual: "Should we explicitly state that children should not be allowed to sit in the pilot's seat and touch the controls?" Boss: "Nah, that's obvious"

[@flixtrue6300]

Same as: don’t put a cat in the microwave. Ok, so dog is fine then? Ok ok don’t put an animal in the microwave… people are evil and stupid. Having it both is very dangerous

[@fever1]

Autopilot: don’t worry guys Autopilot: I have a plan Autopilot has left the game

[@TimeLady8]

Is it a good plan? Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

[@StrazdasLT]

I wonder, if they did not touch any controls would the autopilot have stabilized the situation? Were they just overcompensating and making it worse?

[@TimeLady8]

@@StrazdasLT When the flight was recreated in a simulator, they discovered all the pilots had to do was let go of the controls and the computer would've stabilized everything.

[@StrazdasLT]

@@TimeLady8 Thats great, Autopilot smarter than russian pilot.

[@TimeLady8]

@@StrazdasLT In their defense, it was brand new technology that they had not been fully trained on. On the other hand: WTF were they thinking putting a teenager in the pilot's seat while in the air!

[@jessicat2149]

Everything about how casual the other pilots were with the kids being in the pilot's seat, suggests this was not the first time this was allowed.

[@andreagriffiths3512]

It most certainly wasn’t. It had to have been a common occurrence

[@sprayarm]

Exactly

[@Kromsmitesyou]

The guy had 9000 hours of flying, it definitely wasnt.

[@censored1430]

It happens a lot more than people think.. You know how truck drivers will let their sons steer on their lap? They are both at fault but the kid is the one who put them in the ditch.

[@BeckBeckGo]

So I have a really weird anecdote. Four years ago, actually almost five now, I was flying my then 1 year old home to my country for her birthday. She’s not a fussy kid. She was chill. But they invited us into the cockpit before the flight took off. I have a picture of it. The pilot took it. This was 2016. I’ll make it my profile picture Edit: I changed it. That’s us in the goddamned cockpit.

[@effeilensucre]

'Makarov: "Guys"' I felt that

[@LetsTalkAboutPrepping]

Same

[@samlol3]

"No Russian"

[@FlameC64]

I understand that this was horrible but the comedic timing on that line was exquisite

[@DandDskeeto]

I just saw your comment. I noticed “ Makarov “ . ( The Makarov was the USSR’s standard military pistol 🔫 ). I wonder if he wished he had a pistol to end it earlier ?

[@esteemedmortal5917]

The ‘oh shit’ moment if you will

[@soshiangel90]

i can't imagine any scenario where this was a good idea....like...ANY... I'm sad for all the people who senselessly lost their lives because a dad wanted to show off

[@mattm4557]

It’s worse than that. Showing off would’ve been the dad performing a stunt while his kids watched, this wasn’t showing off, he was just letting his kids be spoiled brats and get everything they wanted regardless of how reckless or dangerous. this is further demonstrated by the teenage boy acting like a five-year-old going crazy with the controls. No discipline, no common sense, no regard for all the people on board that plane. Parents learn to tell your kids NO!

[@scottessery100]

@@mattm4557 hey Matt. How many kids you got buddy?

[@mattm4557]

@@scottessery100 not that it matters for me to call out bad parenting but I’ve got 2 kids and Im happily married to their mother too. I tell my kids NO and they get disciplined when they misbehave. They are taught to respect others and value life, something this kid didn’t demonstrate. As a parent it sickens me that this guy let his son kill everyone on board and it’s even more grotesque that you seem to want to defend this guy. His gross misconduct and poor parenting got himself, others, and his kids killed.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

See "Costa Concordia."

[@fart63]

@@mattm4557 his kids weren’t demanding to fly the plane, and even if they were it doesn’t matter. They’re the children. He’s the adult. He probably told his son that his movements on the controls weren’t going to actually have an effect on the craft, because that’s what he believed to be the case. No reason to act like this is the children’s fault. I hope you don’t treat your own children like this.

[@ElenaAshe]

When I was 9 years old in 1962, my father and I were asked by a stewardess if I would like to go into the cockpit with the pilots. I was allowed to sit on the co-pilot’s lap on a plane flight from NYC to Albany, NY, for practically the entire trip. It was very exciting seeing all the controls and being with the captain and co-pilot. It must have been a very common occurrence for decades.

[@cheepymcpeepy]

🤨

[@Jenny010132]

It was, until 9/11.

[@stevetournay6103]

Of course 9/11 wrote finis to that...

[@jeanaprewitt9658]

What parent thought it was a good idea to let their little girl sit in the lap of a strange man, much less one that held everyone's lives in his hands?

[@patrickwelch620]

@@stevetournay6103 Flying used to be awesome. Post 9/11, it sucks.

[@Sean-jl6dc]

That poor sixteen year old: your dad lets you play with the controls, you feel totally safe because it’s your dad, then the plane goes out of control and you can’t do anything

[@8bitorgy]

stuff of nightmares

[@EvanBear]

I think he was the twelve year old, which makes it even worse. A twelve year old child is responsible for the death of so many people, only because of their parent.

[@Angrysheepherder]

@@EvanBear The son was 16 and the daughter was 12.

[@miranda3540]

This, im literally crying rn. Poor soul.

[@brianpj5860]

Ahhhh the irony, makes me chuckle.

[@sopyleecrypt6899]

Imagine what the passengers were experiencing when the g-forces pinned the pilots to the cockpit wall.

[@oddjob914]

Oh God, I don’t want to

[@dsandoval9396]

Terror. Pure, unadulterated, terror.

[@jamieohjamie]

@Chan Kideoke That's why you wear your seatbelt.

[@NYBredBamaFed]

@@jamieohjamie The thing is, this incident happened after takeoff and before landing. Unless someone on the plane informed the passengers to buckle their seatbelts they most likely were not wearing a seatbelt. Some of those passengers may have been badly hurt or possibly even killed by the G-Force even before the plane crashed.

[@fluffy-fluffy5996]

@@NYBredBamaFed I always keep mine on, I don’t care if I’m the only one, I take it off to go to the restroom or get a snack/drink, but right away will put the seatbelt back on.

[@garrick3727]

Holy sh*t. I remember this happening but I never heard what caused it. It's like the plot of some airplane disaster movie spoof, except if you had never heard this story and you saw it in a film, you would think, "This seems a little far-fetched."

[@junawallace7315]

If they haven't yet, they really should make a movie of this

[@johncameron4194]

I’d never heard of it

[@AnAngryMagpie]

Imagine your final moments, as a kid, knowing you're gonna die cause of something you couldn't control. As a kid, I'd feel bad for knocking over a glass. That's, horrible. I feel so bad for those poor kids and the passengers.

[@totallylooney8292]

*sees Aeroflot* *immediately thinks "Is that the one with the kid in the pilot seat?" This story haunts my nightmares.

[@calibmatlock]

Yup. Even knowing what was coming it still shook me.

[@brettcooper3893]

Dude! When I saw this, I was like, "Is the one with the fcking kids at the controls?"

[@dorian4534]

Mine, too.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

I first saw this on a TV show documentary about air disasters (Mayday?) and the episode was called “Kid In The Cockpit”

[@freeman2399]

@@itwontcomeout5678 Yes Mayday! On Discovery channel. Best Air crash documentary series ever.

[@kgoulding1237]

I love how this channel jumps into the video and content right away, no long intro, best format.

[@EllyinAdelaide]

And doesn’t drag it out! And tells the story engagingly and succinctly.

[@Optiplex321]

And no raid shadow legends.

[@NormalizeBeingNormal]

Exactly ...no time to fight or put up a fuss..he gets right to it..you will be drawn into the story from the first couple sentences

[@sylwianilsson7618]

Love the ominous feel from the music, how the stories are told, a narrator perfect for the part and of course you must appreciate all the research behind every episode.

[@nicholasschroeder3678]

I've watched every one, and none have disappointed. One of the very best things I've found on KZbin.

[@jtaimelamer255]

This one hurts. I think it’s the audio, knowing they were crying. So sad.

[@ryanatkinson2978]

I can't even imagine what the kids must have been feeling. I'm sure Eldar was blaming himself in his last moments. What a sad story

[@EnclaveOfficer1776]

Welp the mountain put a stop to that.

[@catscanhavelittleasalami]

Rightfully so. He was already 16, you'd think he would know better than pulling on the control column with full force. Seems like he inherited his father's stupidity.

[@gunjan2323]

@@catscanhavelittleasalami i cannot believe you would say that. He was a fucking child with no training. DESPITE THAT, he was the first one to notice that the plane was turning abnormally! And he actually followed his father's commands literally, even though his dad was giving him mixed signals using aviation terms he didn't understand. If anything, he was an unlucky hero

[@propertyofranger]

@@catscanhavelittleasalamiWhat an incredibly unkind thing to say. He was a 16-year-old child, and he trusted that his father was in control of the situation and that it was safe for him to do as his father encouraged. Anyone in that situation would defer to the pilot as the expert in the cabin. If the pilot says it’s okay to sit in the captain’s chair and take the controls, that person will believe them. None of this was Eldar’s fault. All blame lies with his father.

[@got2bee876]

@@gunjan2323 he wasn''t a hero. he was the reason why the plan crashed.

[@charlessaint7926]

One of the earliest memories I have is my father and myself on a civilian airliner. It was the late 80s and the crew gave me a tour of the aircraft, including letting me inside the cockpit, but not behind the controls. I remember asking my father, "If something goes wrong, what do we do? Do we get parachutes or ejection seats?" "No" my father simply said.

[@gst013]

A "civilian airliner"...say what? Are there airliners not for people?

[@kiwikiwi2483]

@@gst013 Haha look at you so smart. Get over yourself 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@gst013]

@@kiwikiwi2483 oi oi oi?

[@Miserybahamut]

That is haunting. I cannot imagine being told that as a youngin'.

[@BTW...]

@@gst013 cargo services Military

[@cazpk6840]

You'd be surprised how many people in this world are extremely reckless at work everyday. The rest of us who are careful are told to lighten up.

[@DoktrDub]

Lighten up.. until something terrible happens

[@an0970]

Yea or you get called a pussy lol they will one day see hopefully not but sometimes you learn the hard way.

[@Buddycoop1]

Yep, construction industry, especially years ago. Want you to risk your life, then you get hurt and it's "oh that's too bad."

[@suzannekirkwood6392]

The training wasn't all good though, none of the pilots knew the autopilot would take over if they did nothing, so being humans they tried to get out of the self inflicted mess. Fast forward many years and now A380 are grounded because the autopilot doesn't switch off and tries to compensate for the pilots, who don't know that the autopilot is reacting to their attempts to save the plane and it crashes.

[@Walamonga1313]

Well yeah but most people don't have insanely dangerous professions. With multiple other people under their care, who would die if you if you slacked a tiny bit

[@EdsBrain]

Hearing this made me realize how fortunate I was as a kid with a dad as an airline pilot. Backstory: My dad was a commercial pilot in Philippine Airlines in the late 90's. My family went on a vacation to my dad's island province and he was the captain of the flight. Halfway through the flight, when the fasten seat belt sign was off, my dad invite me and my younger sister into the cockpit. I do remember being in awe and fascinated at the cockpit however all we did was being introduced to the crew and thats it, we were shy kids and didnt do anything unless we ask our dad. We did stay for a bit before returning back to our seats. When our flight landed, that was then we were allowed to sit on the seat and touch the control stick but the plane was already landed and shut off. I was able to find pictures taken that day in our family album. Looking back, that was one cool experience that me and my sis both couldn't replicate anymore even we had similar flight trips years later due to incidents like this. I shudder to think that if my dad did allow me,his son, and daughter who were both less than 10 years old at the time to be in the cockpit of a flying Boeing aircraft and play/mess with the controls, the consequences would have been catastrophic.

[@stevie-ray2020]

KZbinr Mentour Pilot has done an excellent video on this tragic incident, describing & illustrating exactly what the pilot, his son, & the co-pilot were doing with the controls & why the plane responded the way it did. At the same time the co-pilot was trying to correct it, he was unaware that Eldar was still pushing on the control-yoke!

[@AEMoreira81]

Indeed, if the pilots had just let go, they recover.

[@TheBeccaBug]

“Which makes what he did next all the more inexplicable...” Me, nodding in agreement: he crashed the plane

[@kevin6293]

Incorrect.

[@WobblesandBean]

@@kevin6293 No, he did. He let his stupid kid helm an airplane, and the child crashed it, killing all those people. That stupid, STUPID dad is absolutely at fault.

[@tj4234]

@@WobblesandBean the father didn't know that his son moving the yoke would turn off the autopilot. Nothing they had been told by the manufacturer told the pilots this was even possible. They didn't look for it because they didn't know it was a possibility.

[@allen-castle]

Why did this comment make me laugh

[@Callsign_Prophet]

@@WobblesandBean Simple minded people need to put the world into black and white/ good vs bad so they at least pretend to understand it.

[@Louisa.Bowman23]

Shocking that they thought it was safe to do such a thing with their kids while outside the cockpit there were over seventy lives in their hands😱😱😱😱

[@Jabarri74]

Including their own- if they really thought a kid playing for a minute would cause it to crash do you really think that? I believe it was a systemic issue on over reliance on auto pilot and less flying the plane a common trait in most airliner disasters we see today

[@StarParticleShade]

@@Jabarri74 and just... lack of common sense, man.... Auto-pilot or not.. Like... damn. Terrible plan to let a child or any unqualified person touch the controls of an air-borne plane. The worst part is that kid probably thought it was all his fault for the last few remaining moments of his life, and I feel terrible!

[@ProxyQt]

@@Jabarri74 While I agree that this might indeed be a systemic issue, I would argue that in this case it was still simply a case of absolute negligence and irresponsibility. Regardless of how safe the pilot thought the plane would be, he should never have have been as irresponsible as to release the manual control of the plane to a child by completely leaving his station and the controls, since even when the auto pilot takes control, the pilots are still there exactly for the reason of compensating for & rectifying possible malfunctions or unwanted behaviour and dealing with unforeseen situations that may or may not be caused by the machinery.

[@Angrysheepherder]

Honestly they didn't know that the plane would do this. I think it's important to understand that they were very proud to be flying that plane. It was quite an honor to be chosen to pilot a new plane for Aeroflot in Russia at that time. Russia was starting to recover after the Soviet era and the father wanted to share his achievement with his kids. I have a hard time blaming him. It's just so sad what happened.

[@singenstattatmen5096]

@@Angrysheepherder I don't. If he was so proud, he could have taken his kids on a tour when the plane was parked on the ground, where they safely could have played with the controls. Taking them on the flight alone should have also been mighty impressive, or watching daddy do his job. Sitting children in the pilot seat of an airborne passenger flight is beyond irresponsible, no matter how proud you might feel.

[@mrjakeguy14]

Did anyone catch those last words. How he went from absolutely terrified to calm. Its almost as if he had accepted his fate and what he meant by "well get out of this in a sec" was this is almost over. He knew they weren't gonna save it.

[@Kareena1988]

Nope..he thought he could make it

[@unclepauly3205]

The lack of training is the first culprit for me. Had they known to look to reengage the auto pilot when the plane started to bank it would have fixed itself immediately

[@-caesarian-6078]

True, re-engaging the autopilot might have fixed the problem if done quickly enough, but once the bank gets too steep, the autopilot will immediately realize it isn’t capable of recovering it, and disconnecting. The moment before the captain left his seat, the first officer should have moved up and taken the controls himself, and responded to the confusion about the autopilot by just disconnecting it fully and leveling the plane himself. (This is standard procedure for all pilots)

[@archangel6666]

Imagine telling your dad who’s a pilot that the plane is turning and he reply’s back “I don’t know why it’s turning”...great pilot

[@DoktrDub]

He was a pretty great pilot under new unexpected circumstances never before seen, he was just extremely irresponsible

[@rachelsmith773]

It's ok to blame him however his training should be partly to blame he should ha e had this knowledge Also the engineers should have installed an alarm when autopilot goes off. So partly bad training and the planes design all come into play here.

[@scarlett8782]

lmao!! the arguing 😂 when there's a kid flying and subsequently crashing the plane and ppl in the comments are arguing about how it's the "autopilot's fault", or the "engineer's fault", or the "fault of the airline training" NO IT WAS THE CHILD IN THE COCKPIT but more importantly the irresponsible and unimaginably selfish parent that PUT the kid in the cockpit lololol wtf..?? how is there any debate on this issue... chile please 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@rachelsmith773]

@@scarlett8782 We get that my point was back then they did not have the technology of a fitted alarm system when the autopilot turned off which since this accident they installed on all planes. Yes the kids crashed but if technology and pilot training had been better the pilots could have saved the plane. Don't forget both pilots said they didn't know what was happening. They couldn't understand the autopilot had disconnected... when they took control from the son they should have had the correct knowledge and training to have known and saved the plane.

[@scarlett8782]

@@rachelsmith773 I also understand your point, and you're not necessarily wrong, however... jamming the stick totally to the right or left for 30 seconds or more is honestly not something a pilot would ever do if they weren't in a seriously unprecedented situation. the reality is: sure, in a perfect world, they should have known about the emergency unengagement of the autopilot by this mechanism, however. this issue would never come up during normal flying. this fact is so obscure, probably specific to this particular model of airbus passenger plane, and this type of stick movement would so rarely (if ever) be used that I do understand why they had no clue that the autopilot would turn off if the stick was jammed hard to the right or left for a long period of time for no reason. what kind of pilot jams the flight stick to the right or left as hard as they can for 30 seconds or more..?? no one would do that unless they were possibly already crashing. there are lots of little training facts about specific planes that are obscure like that that people are taught about during their training, but they forget because it's simply never used. I'm only arguing that, at the end of the day, the choice to allow a child to jam and slam the flight controls was the ultimate cause - there are many, many great pilots that don't know all the specs of every plane that they are required to fly. suggesting that they should know every obscure spec is unreasonable - you don't need to know about obscure functions or specs on every machine in order to operate that machine perfectly under normal conditions. it was not a failure to know how to fly in this case - it was a failure to know the obscure specs of a specific plane (not every passenger plane has this system in place) as well as a major failure in common sense and rational thought; i.e. you don't put a child in the pilot's seat of a passenger plane. I'm not arguing that your points aren't valid, I'm simply suggesting that people are focusing on the wrong causes here, without thinking about real pilots and the way they have to be trained to fly multiple makes and models. at the end of the day, the stupid parent was to blame for all of those deaths. but that's just my opinion ✌🏼

[@lindsey.13]

i feel so bad for the kid. he must have felt so terrified and guilty, but it was his dad’s irresponsibility to blame

[@TalkingHands308]

True, but he was pretty stupid too to try to force the controls...

[@lindsey.13]

@@TalkingHands308 he trusted his dad because he told him he could play with it

[@TalkingHands308]

@@lindsey.13 I know, but at 12 years old, if someone let me take the controls of a vehicle my first instinct wouldn't be to try to force the controls in a direction that it's obviously giving you resistance to. I would know to be gentle and not do anything drastic. If the kid was like 5 then I would understand, but at 12 that was kind of dumb... Sorry, just my opinion.

[@lindsey.13]

@@TalkingHands308 even if he was acting stupid (which he wasn’t) he’s still a victim of his careless dad and doesn’t get to live the life he could’ve because of it. he’s dead and you’re calling him dumb

[@TalkingHands308]

@@lindsey.13 If I die doing something stupid, please call me stupid. Being dead doesn't change the facts... And of course the dad was ultimately at fault, he was the adult that should be making sure his children are safe. And perhaps he never taught his son common sense because he obviously didn't have any either...

[@worldwideinterests1]

I bet Danilov's last thoughts were "That's the LAST time I let Kudrinksy take the controls." (But not actually knowing which one.)

[@naveenm232]

This is the most bizzare plane crash I've ever heard of.. 😱 who in their right mind would allow children to control an actual flight with hundreds of passengers? Let alone an experienced pilot.. 🤦‍♂️

[@whowantswaffles]

I remember being allowed in the cockpit on my first ever flight when I was eight years old, they even let me put my hands on the wheel, all that jazz. I doubt very much I had any control but hearing this story really puts it a bit more in perspective...

[@irondolphin]

I remember being on cockpit too on my first flight. I was 5. I just remember looking at all the buttons and captain asking my name in English, my sister (14) answering because I couldn't speak English.

[@michellegaza7740]

I remember those days. I wish I still had my collection of flight pins but back then you got them with every flight from the captain when you visited the cockpit so it didn't mean much. My mom was a travel agent so we went all over the place when I was too young to appreciate it. Now, looking back, those things are one-of-a-kind from a different era.

[@cocoapuffer]

When I was a kid I was barely allowed to use the oven

[@seeingeyegod]

while in flight?

[@rayreineu]

Same here!!! I kept flashing back to that carefree happy moment of five year old me getting a cute pin as I played in the cockpit on my first flight as the video got sadder and sadder. How awful it went wrong for this family.

[@BradTheThird]

As soon as you said the controls were handed over to the lad I thought "I bet he's gonna fly it like he's Top Gun and screw it up."

[@Tilly236]

Me too 😕

[@JosieJOK]

Pretty much sums it up

[@xVadRay]

Teenage boys are so reckless

[@Tilly236]

To be fair though, his dad should have told him to be gentle and stopped him as soon as he wasn't. The poor boy must have been so terrified when it all went wrong ☹️

[@aj9530]

Sorry but 16 is WAY too old to be playing pretend in the cockpit of a passenger jet.. especially so damn aggressively

[@kozy15x]

This channel is one of the best things I've found on here. No intro, no begging for likes and subs, engaging storytelling, and the right length to make you want more!

[@lovealways01]

This plane crash has always haunted me. The CVR is chilling. Air Disasters did a reenactment and it is so chilling to see what everyone on board went through in those terrifying last moments. Great video!

[@RobynS9722]

I feel so sorry for everyone but can you imagine the woman who lost her husband and children only to learn it was "their fault?" I can't imagine her pain. 💔

[@terryt5512]

I don't think it was the fault of the kids--they were just kids. It was the stupidity and horrible judgment of their father. He let them down.

[@iciajay6891]

@@terryt5512 100%.accurate

[@MW-pw1sp]

It certainly wasn’t the kids fault.

[@hideousruin]

Why the quotes? I guess you mean for the children. Because it absolutely was the pilot's fault. He murdered all those people. The copilot and navigator were at fault as well for not having the backbone to tell the pilot the plane wasn't a toy for spoiled children.

[@user-xd7dt6gr8l]

@@hideousruin the quotes were almost certainly for the children

[@ligmaenigma1337]

Mostly captain's commands was in pilot jargon, that's the reason why his son was misunderstanding him. For example - he shouted "Hold it!" while his son was pushing the stick to the side. Boy understood it as "hold the stick in place", but actually it does mean "return the stick to default position, because you are strugling with autopilot".

[@chatteyj]

God so the pilot wasn't very intelligent then.

[@nowandaround312]

Wow, that puts this into an even worse perspective. People do dumb things when they're panicking, but airline pilots are one of the few groups of people in the world who are trained to think logically in life-threatening conditions.

[@Sashazur]

First I thought “well the pilot was panicking so it’s understandable that he didn’t give clear instructions” but then I realized, if anyone is trained to keep a level head in an emergency and communicate clearly, it’s a pilot!

[@ligmaenigma1337]

@@Sashazur well, he DID communicate clearly, but for pilot, not for 16 years old boy who have no idea what he's doing! His commands were actually pretty good, but for the wrong ears.

[@pocketdynamo5787]

@@chatteyj That isn't a matter of intelligence, really. It's a matter of training. He's trained in the pilots terminology. Quite possible he struggled to find the right words in the situation. It's the same in any occupation, really. You're used to talk to your colleagues in a well established, precise language. But that language is shared only among people in that occupation. If you have the time, you may be able to explain what you're doing to outsiders. That would probably include some back and forth, though. A thing anyone would struggle to do when under extreme G-forces and with the prospect of killing everyone around you within the next 30 seconds. In such situations in particular, you want to rely on what you're trained to do. After all, pilots are trained to react to sudden stalls. I'm sure those pilots would have been able to recover the plane without any major problems in different circumstances. That's what they were trained to do, and in stressful situations, that routine is what kicks in. However, in this particular situation, that training didn't help them. Because it's a situation that only arose as a result of a mindblowing lack of professionalism. No flight instructor would tell you which language to use when a child is the only one in a position to safe the aircraft from crashing after you let that child cause that situation.

[@philrabe910]

In a simpler time, when I was in high school in Chicago, I wanted to make part of my student film on a plane. So I called United Airlines and asked if they had any spare planes that were between flights for a few hours. They let me and my 8 friends film on a new 747. It was 1977. The only stipulation was that we not get in the way of the cabin cleaning crew, not leave a mess, and not enter the cockpit. We had use of a 747 for 2 hours, as a bunch of high school kids. Imagine!

[@axiss5840]

Weird how some part of my brain was waiting for the 'then everything turned out okay' part of the video even though I knew what was going to happen.

[@elenagonzalez8463]

Omg same

[@DuckiesDad08]

This is why every business should have one in-house mom on staff to let u know when you’re about to do something dumb.

[@brianpj5860]

Its funny how people have to die before common sense is ingrained in the rest.

[@BartSliggers]

Let's be fair here. This surely was common practice at the time, and it went without incidents thousands of times. Maybe it reached a point where it was even frowned upon to NOT have your children play with the controls. You would be a bad dad to deny your children such a great opportunity. 27 years later everybody is virtue signaling in the comments:

[@nightdragon5quest87]

Rule of life, laws and regulations are only made after death, or stupidity

[@decayingcherry]

All I can imagine playing out is "This seems like a very bad idea..." it's fiiiine..." and a final "I told you so"

[@amykane7524]

ahhh yes so smart, so when things go wrong we can continue to blame women i love that idea. i know this is meant to be a joke but it’s pretty shit that folks find it “funny” that grown ass adults need mommy holding their hand.

[@amessina6691]

When you've never cruised around in an empty parking lot but your dad let's you take over the steering wheel in the fast lane on the highway doing 80.😬

[@krashd]

If your car was in self-drive mode like this plane was, otherwise there is no comparison.

[@nikstone2420]

I believe that is called baptism by fire, no pun intended.

[@hideousruin]

Except it's a bus full of innocent people. And while he takes a nap.

[@scottthegeneticfreaksteine393]

@@krashd it would be like if your car was on cruise control, you allow your son to drive it and swerves out of the fast line into let’s say oncoming traffic.

[@debratorres5299]

Wrong!!

[@AnneIglesias]

What a horrific story. I can’t imagine how much confusion and fear was running through the minds of the passengers. They were never even told what was going wrong.

[@jensenmaxwell8838]

This channel is absolutely one of my favourites on KZbin. I love the way the stories are covered.

[@fortherain5448]

There's a simulation of this flights went down. It's spinning, tumbling up and down, 90 degrees nose tilt, it's scary. My heart goes to the victims and their families.

[@lilpapayaaa]

Yes it is beautifully done by TheFlightChannel (I believe)

[@lesflynn4455]

I'm glad somebody is recognising the 70 passengers, crew and pilot's daughter and not just saying "the poor boy would have been so scared."

[@dx1450]

Must have been a wild ride up to the end.

[@karlepaul6632]

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[@mandlin4602]

In enraged at that pilot being calls a victim he’s was a murderer

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

What a brilliant idea to let children play pilot without understanding what could go wrong and how to overcome this.

[@logy650]

Negligence to the highest degree. Sad it had to end in the loss of so many lives.

[@jakehandley3366]

.... Russia

[@mielvanvelzen5967]

I would've sworn i did this when i was 5 or so but i looked up the pictures in my photo album and they'd taped a video game controller to the dashboard lmao, i was completely convinced i was flying.

[@MirandaPressnell]

Miel van Velzen lol more parents should do that, what a creative way to keep your kids entertained 😆

[@mielvanvelzen5967]

@@MirandaPressnell after 9/11 the chances of getting into a cockpit during flight are pretty low unfortunately. I only got in because the pilot was a friend of our family.

[@Vocodes]

Once when my grandma had just remarried, her rich jerk husband insisted on taking us to a bar and restaurant across a tiny lake on his huge yacht. I was a shy 16 year old girl and didn't even have my driver's license or permit yet. He pretended to need to check something in the boat and he said something to me like "quick! grab the wheel" and got out of the seat. I grabbed the steering wheel in a panic and watched as he casually strolled to a cooler, cracked a beer, and gave me a sick smile. I was so freaked out and had no idea how to handle this insanely expensive boat. My family just sat there stunned and didn't say anything, he just laughed and watched me struggle. After a few minutes he took it back over but ever since then I've hated him. The feeling of responsibility and cluelessness sent liquid fear pumping through my body and as we got closer to shore the more panicked I became. I cannot IMAGINE being responsible for a whole goddamn airplane

[@helpstopanimalabuse8153]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post these great stories. Interesting stories that are not ruined with graphic pictures. I can't imagine how much time it takes to research & produce these stories. Happy to be a patreon

[@Hazelw0lf]

This one hits hard. Kept hoping something would happen to fix it but, of course, the outcome was inevitable.

[@BlighterProductions]

We already knew how this would end, otherwise this wouldn’t be a Fascinating Horror video.

[@kevinwebster7868]

This happens when you have poorly trained pilots. Never mind letting the kid pretend to fly but not knowing how the aircraft you are flying operates or it’s systems is inexcusable. Does Russia even train its pilots?

[@Hazelw0lf]

@@BlighterProductions True. And yet, still, the sheer dumb tragedy of it has you thinking; “please, God, no.”

[@BlighterProductions]

@@kevinwebster7868 well, if yes, then that’s an awful waste of time, since they didn’t seem to have learned the most important thing: responsibility.

[@LMSILVIA]

Oh they fixed it at the end, only someone put a friggin mountain on the way...

[@NGMonocrom]

A horribly shocking lack of professionalism.

[@divinemischief4655]

Absolutely

[@PieAndChips]

What more could you expect from Communists

[@pikebasss]

Surgeon: “Ok Junior here are the clamps now go remove his appendix.”

[@giovannirastrelli9821]

@@PieAndChips Nice try, but USSR already collapsed by 1994.

[@kenirainseeker539]

@@giovannirastrelli9821 Not only that, but every time someone in the US does something stupid it'd be like saying "what more could you expect from capitalists"

[@iPartySober]

Please talk about the sinking of the South Korean Ferry called the "MV Sewol". It's a tragedy that needs to be told and I think you will be able to report the events with the appropriate cadence and necessary sense of respect.

[@lexi4booksilovebenji]

Horror stories is a great channel that just did a video on this event , he has a very similar style to this channel but I agree

[@ablob4272]

OH brick immortar does a fantastic job as well!

[@eval_is_evil]

no bs just direct full dive in the topic. Very much appreciated. Subbed.

[@dorian4534]

The fact that the pilots didn't know the auto-pilot could just silently be partially disengaged that way is just indescribable. And this is made even more tragic by the fact all they had to do was let go and plane would have corrected itself. The lack of training is just unreal.

[@grahamjohnson7412]

Overall, yes, it was a lack of pilot training. However there are differences between how Western and Soviet aircraft operate. The pilots had thousands of hours on Soviet aircraft. In an emergency the pilots would fall back to the familiar and their training. There were a series of accidents in the 90's caused by Eastern Bloc pilots misinterpreting what their shiny new Western aircraft were doing.

[@AEMoreira81]

The Airbus A310 was a new plane to the Aeroflot fleet then. This was an ex-Pan Am/Delta frame. In fact, these were the first wide-body 2 man cockpit planes ever operated by Aeroflot. The Boeing 737-400 was also new to Aeroflot then.

[@auxaus4613]

This is a 'stop everything' channel for me. Covering lesser known disasters (that havnt been done to death on other channels) in an articulate, consistent and crisp style. Everything well researched and always leaves me deep in thought. You'll no doubt (deservedly) continue to gain more subscribers.

[@EmptyPeace]

Mayday has an episode about this exact crash. Really good episode.

[@brettcooper3893]

Actually, this particular incident has been covered quite a few times by air disaster channels, but I still liked the style of this one the best.

[@robinsonhomestead4745]

its usually pertaining to something that went horribly wrong that could have been avoided as well. thats got to be one of my favorite aspects about this channel.

[@sharpestcookieinthetoolbox9742]

Yes! I found this channel and thought it'd be good to put on as background noise, but it's so interesting that I later realized l'd subconsciously stop whatever I was doing to watch. Now I just watch lol

[@reynoalfarez]

I can't believe I laughed at "Makarov: Guys"

[@DartTyler]

Great narration! I wish you would consider covering more disasters from Russia and ex-USSR countries. Like 2018 fire in Kemerovo or 1989 railroad disaster near city of Ufa.

[@Snorlax-]

This was probably the saddest video yet. The pilots last words, the fact that no one survived the crash, everything. It made me tear up a little.

[@kigut7443]

@ghost mall it gave me this sinking feeling in my stomach to read the transcript and to hear their final words... Moments before their violent, tragic death. What an awful... Terrifying way to go. That poor little boy.

[@ankaplanka]

It really makes you feel bad for them. Kind of off-topic, but "humanized?" I know what you mean by it, but it can't be that hard to imagine (unless it's almost impossible for you to think visually) the people involved as the human beings they were? Whenever you get to hear a recording of someone's last moments, it does make you feel like you are there in a sense. But shouldn't it be easy for most people to realise that the people involved in.. anything really are humans. Real humans. This is something that I find a bit disturbing. Especially when there are no known names of victims. It's still equally as sad. Sorry if this weirded you out.

[@pdbordelon]

Also think about the poor captain who went to get some rest. He must have realized immediately that something was wrong but couldn't make it back to the cabin. He probably wasn't strapped in and got pinned to the wall of the bedroom. Cant imagine how terrifying and out of control that must of felt.

[@jeanaprewitt9658]

They sleep in a bunk at the back of the cockpit.

[@ShwintyKat]

Imagine how that kid felt before he died, probably knowing he caused this

[@aracelichely2954]

@ghost mall He was not a child, he was a teenager and I am sorry but it was his fault, he was reckless and forced the controls, his sister did well when she took the control so it was not a problem of "who was doing what" but more "how was doing that". A tragic incident without doubt.

[@kathrynhoward4196]

@@aracelichely2954 Neither of them should have been allowed to touch the controls in the first place. This was entirely the pilots' fault.

[@kathrynhoward4196]

@@Rzo139 What a terrible thing to say, not to mention untrue. The pilots were the ones at fault, and nobody deserved to die.

[@troodon1096]

@@aracelichely2954 A teenager is not a young adult; they are an old child. He did not forcefully grab the controls away from someone; he was put there by someone that should have known better. He has zero fault in the crashing of a plane that he had zero training in how to properly control and shouldn't have been allowed to touch the controls in the first place. The fault lies entirely with the person who put him there.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

@@aracelichely2954 Me and my sister were placed at the wheel of a large ocean liner in 1970 - we had our picture taken. She gingerly moved the wheel one way then the other. I spun it full to the left! A crew member was there to correct it. I suppose boys are more likely to really fly or steer.

[@johnhandcock7744]

I used to sit in the copilot seat as a kid... I flew quite regularly from Anchorage to kenai unaccompanied when I was about 4-12 years old. I guess I was lucky! I'm 37 now, and miss pre 911 flying.....

[@codyeynon8467]

As a child, I flew a lot with my father. I usually sat in the co-pilot's chair. I remember very clearly being petrified of all the different controls, lights, and instruments which are considerable even in the small aircraft he operated. I never touched anything and was super cautious about touching anything by accident. This was true even when we were on the ground with engines off.

[@44madison]

That was exactly how I felt a couple days ago as I took a ride in a World War 2 Primary Trainer (PT-19). With the open cockpit plane being a trainer used in World War 2, the controls of the plane in the front where the pilot sat, were basically the same as the ones behind him where I was sitting. It makes your brain spin looking at all the controls, switches, and gauges but one thing for sure: the thought of touching any of those controls- NEVER crossed my mind, I only looked. The same thing goes for when my dad and I took a ride in a B-17 bomber. After you reach a certain altitude, they let you take your seatbelts off, get up and walk around the plane. I crawled down into the nose of the plane where a gunner would have sat back during the war, and I took pictures, and like I said before, didn't touch anything. (You only touch what you are instructed to touch on World War 2 planes, any plane really)

[@FaithinChrist3x]

I think the issue here is that the father assured them. The daughter was very gentle with the controls, and when the son took over he had a false sense of security because he saw "proof" that he could turn the wheel and nothing would go wrong. Plus, all the other pilots were so chill. One would think "I don't need to be worried" because everyone else is so clearly calm.

[@CoIoneIPanic]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

[@Black-Swan-007]

When I was a baby (1990) my parents flew from Wisconsin to Las Vegas. According to my mom, the flight attendants were fawning over me and brought me to the cockpit, walked me up and down the aisle, just had a blast. I apparently loved it. Naturally, I don't remember. That would never happen now, and that's probably for the best.

[@adde9506]

Actually, as long as the work is getting done, keeping the baby happy and entertained is probably a *great* thing for the flight attendants to be doing.

[@Black-Swan-007]

@@adde9506 That's all fine, I was talking specifically about going into the cockpit though.

[@Mochrie99]

My uncle was a pilot for Royal Jordanian airlines. I do remember flying as a kid, and being allowed to see the cockpit, but there is NO way in hell I would have ever considered monkeying around with the controls!

[@Transilvanian90]

@@Black-Swan-007 There's nothing wrong with showing a child the cockpit itself. They can even sit in the rear jumpseat for a while and observe, it's a great experience and 100% safe. The control part is literally the only thing wrong here.

[@Black-Swan-007]

@@Transilvanian90 In a perfect world, there's nothing wrong with it. But this is not a perfect world and opening the cockpit is too dangerous now. What's the point of bringing a child younger than five into the cockpit anyway? They won't remember it. I was less than a year old when I was in one. It literally has no impact on my life.

[@xpan195]

“And so he invited his children up to the steering wheel of the plane.” Me: [anxiety through the roof]

[@Queenmarie88]

I saw this on Air Disasters on Smithsonian Channel and thought the names were familiar when this video began. So very tragic and unbelievable really. Thank you for all the videos. Love this channel ♥️

[@glorygloryholeallelujah]

I’m glad to hear when safety is permanently increased/improved/added, due to lessons learned from tragedies... But the human cost of those lessons -is always so painfully high. 😔💔

[@Emerald3357]

They learn something from every tragedy, whether it be training or design. No lives are lost in vain even when it seems like it was iust an incredibly stupid decision. There's a lesson in there

[@rabbit0664]

@@Emerald3357 Though is is sad to see them dead you have a point

[@vcdonovan5943]

Sadly, all the safety measures in the universe can never fully account for human stupidity.

[@Heavens-Humanaterian-Army]

Is isn't a lesson we needed to lern by others dieing....its common sence unless your a poilet you stay out of the puolet seat...this was mass murder of innocent people...they all should have know better.

[@damienthonk1506]

This wasn't some kind of safety oversight from a different time, or a mild change in policy that needed to happen. This was just plain stupidity, full on.

[@mielvanvelzen5967]

When i was 5 or so i was on a flight and a friend of my dads was the pilot. Shortly after takeoff i was allowed to go into the cockpit and until recently i was convinced i had flown the plane for a little bit, until i found a recent photo that showed me proudly holding onto some kind of video game controller that had been taped onto the dashboard.... turns out he kept one in his carry-on for that specific purpose.

[@karigami]

I'd call that a much better idea than letting kids at the actual controls. Or anyone who isn't an actual pilot, though I'd like to think most adults wouldn't be fooled.

[@ursulageorgeson7086]

Wow i remember when this happened speaking to a friend whose father was a commercial airline pilot with BA for like 25 yrs. He speculated based on the erratic flight pattern (sudden gaining and loss of altitude) that it was a breach of bodywork and cockpit fire. Basically something had cause a hole or tear around the nose and caused a fire. That getting up high might be a tactic to deplete the fire of oxygen, and when that failed, to try nosediving to rush the breach with air and blow the flames out effectively like a candle. Unbelieveable to hear the conclusion to a story I remember discussing as a mystery. Shocking to know it was reckless piloting. Amazing the trust we place in pilots to NOT panic and specifically I would assume that overcompensating is taught as dangerous practice. Heartbreaking to know if they'd stayed calm they could have survived.

[@stevencooke6451]

This is one of those cases where it's impossible not to speak ill of one of the dead.

[@Mochrie99]

In nearly all these videos when he says "This is when things started to go wrong", I almost always feel a sick feeling in my stomach, as you know where it's going to go.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Yes. That and " TERRAIN! PULL UP ! TERRAIN , PULL UP...!! "

[@colemarie9262]

Me too. It means you still have a conscience even after being on the internet all these years lol

[@tricornclub9594]

Into the ground at high speed usually.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

Heck, I know that the minute I see the video, lol.

[@OleJanssen]

Another sad thing to note about this incident is that Aeroflot later published their own investigation in which they replaced "the captain's son" with "a young passenger" and slightly altered the story to make it seem like he had asked the pilot if he could sit in the pilot seat for a moment and then purposefully initiated that nosedive. Interestingly, they tried to put all of the blame on that child, although the fact that Kudrinsky let a child occupy his seat still stands.

[@johntauren]

As soon as you said the kid's name, I immediately knew which story it was.

[@mindspace3863]

In 2001 I journeyed on my first ever plane flight from London to Ukraine, Kiev, and the adults I was traveling with asked if I could 'take a look' at the cockpit. The viewing was refused. I'm inclined to believe this incident had some influence over the decision to refuse me from observing the flightdeck.

[@copperlocke]

I was given a chance to control a small plane when I was 16, it was terrifying and thrilling, would never have touched the controls if it was anyone except me and the pilot, a friend of my aunt who owned the plane. I now work with plane manufacturing and quality, and eat up these types of videos, partially out of research to make sure these things never happen again, partially because I just love planes. Thanks for this video!

[@kori7286]

If you haven’t listened to the podcast black box down, I highly recommend it. They pick a lot of crashes that were instrumental in shaping the rules and regulations of commercial flights.

[@oddjob914]

@@kori7286 Is the podcast accessible to non-pilot enthusiasts? I know near nothing about planes, but I’m fascinated by anything involving accidents, crashes, and true crime. This podcast seems right up my ally.

[@kori7286]

@@oddjob914 Yep! One of the hosts is a non-pilot enthusiast with a good amount of knowledge and the other host doesn’t know anything about planes. They still break down all tech involved in these accidents. I pretty much have no knowledge of planes but the episodes were easy to digest and I learned a bit.

[@vcdonovan5943]

I mean, there are ways to teach kids how to fly planes that doesn't involve giving them full range of the cockpit.

[@aracelichely2954]

@@vcdonovan5943 But how can you explain how the daughter did it well without crashing the plane?

[@elliottprice6084]

A lot of the stories featured on this channel I've never heard of, this one included. I can't believe how a pilot could let such an event happen. But I like how the stories are told without any introduction

[@dr.cliche7560]

Something you neglected - the pilots of that flight had never been informed that pulling on the controls could cause the autopilot to partially disengage.

[@LPCLASSICAL]

the report stated that pilots need more training on issues with autopilot. Frankly - they should have known.

[@flashstudiosguy]

We all want that moment where we can stand up and say "I can" when asked "Does anyone know how to fly a plane?" but, truly, half of us wouldn't have a clue what to do..

[@StrazdasLT]

Its... not that hard actually. As far as emergency landing goes, the autopilot does most of the work, and the rest you will get talked through via the radio communication. There were cases where passengers with no experience landed the plane after events like all pilots got food poisoning. In fact newly built planes now require an emergency landing procedure to be easy enough that in event of pilot not being there a passenger could work it. Now emergency landing wont be the smooth "you dont feel it" landing experienced pilot does. but your goal is to make sure noone dies if your taking over the plane like that and its enough for that.

[@jamesclark7380]

"I knew he wasn't the best. He graduated 75th out of 76 at the Moscow Flight School." - Lord of War Looks like we found the guy who was 76th.

[@harrymorris2361]

“Was” being the operative word

[@ImCurrentlyNaked]

"The pilot's actions were inexplicable, his children were on board"- Oh no... "The Pilot invited his children into the cockpit"- Oh ok "and allowed them to play with the controls"- OH NO! That was a real roller-coaster ride with plenty of ups and downs (heh). Can't help but feel bad for the pilot, yeah he was at fault, but he was merely (and stupidly) trying to impress his kids, and ended up killing them and everyone else in the process.

[@FallingGalaxy]

Just found your channel, and am binge watching/listening here and there. You do amazing work, thank you for this!

[@Shad0wSSR]

You just make excellent content my man I love this format

[@howlerofthegrey9368]

Oh man... I'm getting goosebumps on the Air Crash Investigation ep. "Kid in the Cockpit". I'm really at a loss of words after watching back then.

[@unexpectedvixen5685]

Yeah this one gave me chills too,I just can't believe all those people were killed for such a ignorant move on the fathers part

[@Emerald3357]

Ayyyy its all i could think of too. I AM TURNING IT LEFT! :( Eldar

[@eschw2444]

I remember that episode! Investigators were at first very confused as to how a child's body wound up in the cockpit and they were thinking he'd somehow been thrown in when the plane crashed. Then they recovered the cockpit voice recorder.

[@laurenwarner3531]

I watched that episode too

[@linda10989]

I really miss that show!

[@denisebolton7191]

I can't even imagine what the passengers were experiencing!!!! Listening to the story, my heart started racing, my breathing was different. I felt anxious. Such a preventable horrible crash. I pray for all on board and their families..... so sad.

[@Thorpe741]

My new favorite channel. Keep them coming!

[@tcchrist]

Dude you've filled a void I've missed since the channel "horror stories" slowed down (not to knock him, I'm sure he has his own thing going on). Keep up the good content man, I'm totally an active subscriber!

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

One of the most harrowing crashes I’ve ever heard of. The terror that poor kid must have felt whilst thinking it was all his fault.

[@robberbaron1994]

I was thinking the same thing. The amount of fear guilt that kid must have felt in his final moments.

[@RammusTF]

it was

[@Emerald3357]

Oho read up on JAL 123, Uberlingen disaster, twa 800. I have so many more being a avid Mayday watcher but thise are all naasty

[@corvus1970]

@@RammusTF No, it was his father's fault for allowing the situation in the first place. And then they failed again by not allowing the autopilot to level the plane out.

[@aj9530]

It was all his fault....no but seriously, why was he playing so aggressively, actually why was he playing pretend at all? Kids less than 2 years away from being a grown a$$ man, so the fact that he was using his imagination so hard is freaking weird

[@RebeccaGunn]

Even in the CVR you get the impression that the Pilot was a caring dad (if trying to be too smart with the controls to please the kids), and yet his final words to his son are repeated orders to "get out"

[@bangthehankers1985]

This is up there with Air France Flight 447 in terms of totally unnecessary and avoidable death. It also involved a Captain who was taking a nap when shit hit the fan.

[@Phaaschh]

Back in 1985, some 9 years before this, I and 6 others we're doing a two leg flight on aeroflot. Heathrow-Lagos via Moscow. I don't think there was anything non-alcoholic to drink on that plane. Anyhow, on the second leg, one of our crowd, a very gregarious Irish guy, started getting pally with the cabin crew, who invited him up to the flight deck, where he stayed. About 3 hours later, we were preparing to land at Belgrade, though still no sign of Mick. The approach seemed fairly standard, but our landing was at the spinal injury end of the scale. 3 times we dug in and rebounded, anything loose (mostly vodka bottles) flying in all directions. As we came to rest, there was just deadly silence, punctuated by faint whimpering. Everyone's knuckles dead white. Suddenly Mick reappears from the passage to the flight deck, a broad grin all over his face "DID YOUSE LIKE ME LANDIN, FELLAS?!" We were all together for about 12 weeks after that, and despite him being very honest and easy going, not once in all that time did he own up, and say that he wasn't on the stick. Who knows? Just thought I'd share that. Never flew Aeroflot again, though.

[@hannahhancock1185]

Hearing the recording (and reading the translation) of the pilots last moments makes this unfortunate event seem even more sad and haunting to me.

[@bmused55]

The fact this plane did not have an audible alert when the auto-pilot switched off is unforgiveable. That might have made the difference

[@esteemedmortal5917]

In this instance, it might have. There have also been accidents made worse when too many alarms were going off simultaneously. It’s a fine line determining how best to get a pilot’s attention without confusing/distracting them.

[@lucianograff6512]

pilots didn't know shit about the aircraft they were flying

[@LOL60345]

@@lucianograff6512 this is overlooked fact, they were schooled on soviet planes

[@Akriashi]

The auto-pilot didn't switch off, it just (lost partial control)? of the alieron. And there was an alert, but it seems you had to be in the seat to notice.

[@marcocasati6953]

Dunno if maybe this has been lost in translation, but at 7:04 you can hear the autopilot disconnect chime (also known as "chivalry charge") going off. Maybe the missing audio alert the investigation report refers to is something else...

[@simonf8902]

One of the most unbelievable of air disasters.

[@robertbatty8263]

I enjoy every episode this person puts out. Well done sir

[@CartoonHero1986]

I remember in years before 9/11 when passengers with children on their first flights where invited to go look at the cockpit before the flight. It was a really different world when it came to commercial flying.

[@user-xd7dt6gr8l]

what’s confusing me in the comments is that i was born 2004 and remember getting to see a cockpit pre-flight on a commercial airline, the pilots even had little pins that looked like pilot badges they handed out to the kids, almost certain i still have mine somewhere.

[@StrazdasLT]

@@user-xd7dt6gr8l See the thing is you saw the plane before flight, while it was safely sitting in an airport. you didnt sit in the pilots chair while the plane was flying full speed.

[@kevin6293]

“...killing every single person on board.” Well at least the married people survived.

[@Megaman634]

lmao I cackled like a madman and screamed "God damnit"

[@MajorT0m]

A top notch pun sir.

[@NucleaRaptor]

Lad status: *MAD.*

[@LostPrinny]

dammit xD

[@Snezzleify]

Lol

[@Whatever-is1rz]

I noticed something, you use the correct terms when referring to aeronautical navigation and nautical navigation or whatever discipline is being discussed at the time. Like listing and banking and etc always in the right context. These videos are the best.

[@blobofdespair]

I appreciate you not playing the final recording. Very respectful as always.

[@penskepc2374]

I read that Aeroflot has 5 times the fatalities of any other airline, like 8,500 in total. Edit: im pretty sure it was the only airline in Russia in the Soviet era though.

[@dosvidanyagaming4123]

Yea, it was the only airline, in the largest country on earth. From the '60s until the USSR collapsed they had a fleet well in excess of 2000 aircraft. Today, there's no airline with even half that

[@TXnine7nine]

Yep. Back in the day all aviation in the USSR from airliners all the way down to the single seat crop dusters was under the Aeroflot name which translates literally to “air fleet”. Makes sense that their accidents numbers were super inflated as a result.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

@@dosvidanyagaming4123 I wouldn’t be surprised if the proportional fatality rate was high too. Soviet safety regulations were inadequate, even by contemporary standards.

[@brianpj5860]

LMAO!!!! That edit!!!!!

[@NucleaRaptor]

@@EnigmaticLucas >Soviet safety regulations were inadequate, even by contemporary standards. What are you basing this on?

[@CrAck-MoNey]

I'm so glad as a kid in the late 80's, early 90's I got to observe the cockpit in flight. It feels like I am one of the last people to have been able to do this without being a pilot. I don't take that for granted.

[@EnigmaticLucas]

Wasn’t that still possible until 9/11? I was a fetus at the time so I don’t actually know, but I remember reading that somewhere.

[@dragletsofmakara1120]

I feel so guilty. I was 5yrs old flying cross country alone. Did that often. One time, the flight attendant asked me if I wanted to come upfront to the cockpit. I got kinda nervous cause I wasn’t supposed to go anywhere with strangers. I said no. As an adult, I’m so bummed I didn’t go. It would’ve been awesome.

[@executivewoman678]

Me too. It was too intimidating to even think about touching the controls though.

[@KryssLaBryn]

My brother and I got to go up and stand quietly at the back of the cockpit for a few minutes back in around 81 or so I guess. Still remember it; it was pretty cool. The pilot or the navigator or someone gave us each a little plastic WardAir pin; I've still got it. It was a big plane; no idea the designation but it had that little second floor and a tiny spiral staircase up to it. On the way back to our seats, the stewardess let us poke our eyes juuuust above floor level and take a peek into First Class, if we promised to not make a sound. I remember the awesome kid-sized staircase more than anything, ha ha

[@CrAck-MoNey]

@@KryssLaBryn That's awesome!

[@bringmeliara1286]

that recording is chilling.. i have an intense fear of sirens and alarms and man, i cried listening to that. i had to take a break and try not to think about the panic everyone in that situation must have been feeling.

[@skywalkerchick]

The first time I ever flew I was about 6 1/2 years old, I was going to visit my dad for the first time since my parents’ divorce, and it was roughly 2 years before 9/11. The flight attendant showed me where my seat was and then asked me if I wanted to see the controls of the plane before takeoff. One of the pilots even gave me those cheap plastic wings pins for flying all by myself. That neeeverr happened again after 9/11.