This flight was the first time Kudrinsky’s children, Eldar, 15, and Yana, 13, had been abroad. Kudrinsky allowed them inside.
The cockpit in an attempt to make the trip more memorable for them, but this move eventually backfired. The crew thought the autopilot system would guarantee safety,
Even though laws clearly prohibit such acts. Since the aircraft was not intended to react to the children’s inputs, they believed that their contact with the controls would be innocuous.
At around 12:43 a.m., Kudrinsky’s daughter Yana was first permitted to take the pilot’s seat. The aircraft stayed on autopilot and she played pretend to fly it.
After a short while, at around 12:51 a.m., Kudrinsky’s son Eldar took over the pilot’s seat. Once again, he was allowed to manipulate the controls, assuming that.
The autopilot would maintain the plane’s stability. But less than four minutes later, a series of mistakes started to happen that would have disastrous results.
