The pilots failed to notice a non-audible warning light. Then, because of the angle of the wings, the autopilot was unable to keep the aircraft in the air when it entered a bank.
Then Captain Kudrinsky yanked his kid from his seat so he could take charge of the plane and gave the co-pilot the order to take over.
The bank angle had risen to 90 degrees after he had adjusted his seat because of auto-pilot settings, making it impossible for the A310 to turn from such a sharp angle.
When the pilots were left to their own devices, they were able to recover the aircraft’s dip, but they overcorrected, which caused the plane to soar almost vertically, stall, and spin.
As it passed over steep terrain, it started to lose height and finally fell below the flight’s minimum safe altitude.
