On November 3, 2019, a photo of a woman sitting in the cockpit of the flight sparked heated discussion on the Internet. How dangerous is it to put passengers into the cockpit? On March 23, 1994, the Russian Airlines flight No. 593 accident made us see a bloody tragedy.
The wrecked Russian Airlines passenger plane, taken in Paris, France in 1993.
One morning in 1994, a passenger plane whistled down from the sky over the wilderness of Siberia, Russia. Dive into the ground at high speed, the accident killed 75 people. The cause of the accident was neither mechanical failure nor weather. The details behind the crash shocked the world. Why did a passenger plane with advanced equipment not even send out the distress signal when it crashed?
In the early 1990s, Russia was in a period of turbulent change, the former Soviet Union disintegrated three years ago, and the new Russia is in a period of reorganization . The Russians in the new era yearn for the free way of life of Westerners and hope to travel to various countries. As a national airline, Aeroflot is in a transitional period. Due to economic distress, they have introduced five new Airbus aircraft from the West.
After Aeroflot bought these new passenger planes, it deliberately established a new department to manage it-Aeroflot. In order to create a new company image, they also prepare uniforms with a new design language for pilots.
These crew members are specifically responsible for some important routes of international routes, representing the image of the new Russia in the world.
As Russia’s leading airline, Aeroflot has carefully selected a group of excellent pilots to fly the new passenger aircraft. They all have thousands of hours of flying experience, have a good flight safety record and fluent English. Special training for customers. At that time, Aeroflot had 3,000 pilots, and only 16 pilots were sent for training. They were among the elite.
On March 22, Aeroflot Flight 593 flew from Moscow Sheremetyev International Airport to Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Airport. This is an Airbus A310-304 passenger aircraft numbered F-OGQS. The Airbus A310 aircraft is derived from the A300 aircraft, and the price is as high as 70 million US dollars.
This type of passenger aircraft is widely used in intercontinental travel and can carry 240 passengers. It has advanced automatic driving functions and a high-precision fail-safe system. Russia hopes to use the new models introduced to enhance the company's safety reputation. Aeroflot has won the favor of customers from neighboring countries with its lower fares. The
A310 passenger aircraft has a modern computer-operated design. This aircraft has a sophisticated autopilot and can fly automatically over long distances. The flight to Hong Kong is an important route of Aeroflot, which can bring cash flow to Aeroflot. Aeroflot is working hard to achieve its profit target, and these businesses are an important part of their plan. There is also a pair of special passengers on flight
593, the sons and daughters of co-pilot Kudrinsky: Yana and Ed. They often hear the new planes mentioned by their father at home, and they are also full of this trip. Look forward to.
At 4:39 pm, Flight 593 took off from Moscow. After the plane took off, Captain Danilov flew the passenger plane over the busy routes of Moscow, and then the co-pilot Kudlinsky took over. By then, the second co-pilot Piskarev will be his co-pilot, and the three of them are first-class pilots. Flight
593 follows the Siberian route to the east, heading towards Mongolia and China. After 4 hours of flying, the passenger plane flew nearly half the distance in Novosibirsk. Captain Danilov was going to rest, and he handed the plane to Kudlinsky. Edgar and Yana couldn't sleep excitedly in the cabin, and they were going to take a look at the cockpit. Flight
593 cruised at an altitude of 10,000 meters. The weather outside was calm and calm. No one expected that the god of death had quietly arrived...
After seeing a pair of children, Kudlinsky was quite interested. Introduce them to the performance of the passenger plane, with the focus of course on the autopilot. This is the biggest difference from the old plane. He also invited his daughter to sit in the cockpit to experience it.
A310's cockpit
The high-altitude flight was quite calm. Many passengers were resting and they did not know the situation in the cockpit.
Kudlinsky wanted her daughter to experience the feeling of driving a passenger plane by herself. She put her hand on the joystick, but told her not to touch the autopilot button.
Kudrinski turns the heading selector button. This action will not deactivate the autopilot function, and will make the aircraft tilt slightly to the left, making her daughter think she is controlling the aircraft. The artificial horizon indicates that the aircraft is slowly tilting to the left. It tells the pilot the angle between the aircraft and the horizon.
Kudlinsky immediately resumed the scheduled route of the plane, and the co-pilot Piskarev reported the position of the plane to the Air Traffic Control Center.
Now it is Edgar's turn to sit in the driver's seat, and the little guy looks very excited. He tried to control the plane, but obviously felt that it was very laborious to operate the control stick. He seemed to be very relaxed watching his sister's movements.
Edgar manipulated the control stick more vigorously. Since the autopilot has been working all the time, the passenger plane is still flying in the original state.
At this time, Kudlinsky turned the course selector, and Edgar could easily push the joystick. Kudlinsky again adjusted the heading selector to its original position, and the aircraft was in autopilot again. Then Kudlinsky selected the navigation mode, instructed the autopilot to resume the route to Hong Kong, and then chatted with his daughter.
Edgar still turned the joystick to the left, and the joystick became difficult to operate again. He sat in the cockpit for 3 minutes, the plane was heavily tilted, and the tilt angle was getting bigger and bigger.
The plane seems to rotate automatically, but no one knows why. The straight line on the screen becomes an arc, which is similar to an airplane entering a flight route near the airport.
The passenger plane continues to rotate. At this time, the fuselage of the plane is tilted 45 degrees, which has exceeded the range limit originally set by the plane. The command data on the main screen suddenly disappeared, and the two pilots could not know the relevant information about the route or heading. The airspeed indicator showed that the aircraft was traveling at 650 kilometers per hour and the fuselage was severely tilted.
is like a racing car in a fast turn. The gravity generated by the plane's rapid turn presses everyone on the seat back.
The autopilot of the passenger plane continued to fly. Suddenly, the nose began to rise and the G force continued to rise, so that Piskarev could not reach the control panel. He tried his best to change the status quo. He turned violently to the left but was unable to restore the plane to level flight.
At this time, only Edgar can control the control panel with both hands, and the strong G force oppresses him and cannot move. Flight 593 was falling rapidly, and Kudrinsky struggled to return to the driver's seat, but the strong G force made him almost unable to move.
At this moment, everyone on the plane felt the strength brought about by the rapid turn of the plane, and the plane was in serious trouble. The sirens began to make a harsh sound, making the cockpit more panic, and now the plane is completely controlled by Piscarev and Edgar. To make matters worse, there are other alarms sounding and the plane is about to enter a stall.
The passenger plane's automatic safety system is activated, allowing the plane to continue flying. This system pushes the nose down, forcing the aircraft to dive vertically in order to resume normal flight. The plane dived down at a speed of 40,000 feet per minute. If no rescue measures are taken, the airliner is about to crash to the ground.
Piskarev tried to pull the joystick back, trying to prevent the plane from diving down. The nose finally began to rise, and the aircraft began to climb quickly. At this time, he was still trying to control the plane, trying to prevent the plane from continuing to dive, but the plane climbed too fast. The airspeed of the airplane is dropping sharply. Although the airplane barely continues to climb, the pressure it has endured has exceeded its own load.
After the acceleration of the passenger plane slowed down, Kudlinsky hurriedly returned to his seat to control the plane again. But Piskarev had put the plane in a stall and the nose fell into a downward spiral and dive. Flight 593 began to hover down and dive at a speed of up to 70 meters per second.
Kudlinsky manipulates the rudder to pull the verticalStraighten the tail to prevent the plane from hovering and falling. The two pilots did their best to slow down the plane and continue to circle and descend, and the plane began to return to level flight, but it was still not completely out of the predicament of stalling. After several minutes of chaos, the two pilots didn't know how high the plane fell. They didn't know that there was not enough altitude to return the plane to the blue sky this time. Flight 593 finally crashed in the forest of Siberia...
500 kilometers north of the Mongolian border, the nearby air traffic control center personnel never waited for the news of Flight 593. The ground personnel who noticed the bad news dispatched the first search and rescue team an hour later. They found the wreckage of the passenger plane in the forest 100 kilometers east of Novokusnet. Unfortunately, all members died.
Why a passenger plane with advanced equipment did not even send out the distress signal when it crashed?
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