These are the heartbreaking last words of a pilot who, sadly, let his kids sit in the cockpit and act like they were in charge of the aircraft, resulting in one of the worst aviation catastrophes ever.
All 75 passengers and crew members on Aeroflot Flight 593 perished in the tragic incident that occurred on March 23, 1994. It is still regarded as one of the worst and most avoidable accidents in history.
It was late at night and the plane was in route from Moscow to Hong Kong. Captain Andrew Viktorovich Danilov, who had accumulated an incredible 9,500 flying hours,
Was one of the crew members. Two more experienced pilots, First Officer Igor Vasilyevich Piskaryov and Relief Captain Yaroslav Vladimirovich Kudrinsky, joined him.
Even with the crew’s vast knowledge, none of the pilots could have predicted the string of mistakes that would arise from letting kids use the controls.
