​​Children at the control wheel and crash of Airbus A310 in Russia, 1994

Part 2

Then his son sat down there. Father allowed him to turn the control wheel and he immediately began to do it actively. At that time, the co-pilot moved back in his seat and did not monitor the instruments, while the passenger pilot filmed everything on camera.

VM (Vladimir Makarov — passenger pilot) holding a camera in his hands
Eldar sat down in the captain’s chair
Eldar: Are you filming?
VM: I'm filming.
Eldar: Is it possible to turn it?
Captain: Yes! If you turn left, where will the plane go?
Eldar: To the left.
Captain: Turn around! Turn to the left! So, watch the ground, where you're going to turn. Let's go left, turn left!
Eldar: That's great.
Captain: Went, right?
Eldar turned the steering wheel to the left by 3-4°
Captain: Is the plane going to the left?
Eldar: It's coming.
Captain: It's not visible, is it?
Captain: It's going to go right now.
VM: Put the attitude indicator properly for him.
The plane began turning right

The plane was flying with the engaged autopilot and small fluctuations in the steering wheel did not affect the course. But Eldar persistently, for about 30 seconds, pressed on the control wheel, which was the reason for the autopilot to turn off. This was a feature of the A310, but the crew knew nothing about it. The situation was aggravated by the lack of an audible alarm to turn off the autopilot. Anyway, the 15-year-old son of the captain was now controlling the plane. The Airbus began to enter into an increasing right bank. Pilots didn't notice anything. Suddenly Eldar asked why the plane began to turn itself.

Captain: What do you want, Yana?
Yana: (unreadable)
Captain: Why?
Yana: (unreadable)
Captain: In the first class you will only sleep.
Captain: Don't run there, or we will be kicked out of the work.
The aircraft's roll to the right increased, neither the captain nor the co-pilot noticed this
Eldar: Why is it turning around?
Captain: Does he turn himself?
Eldar: Yes.
Captain: And why is he turning?
Eldar: I don't know.
Captain: Can't you change the course?
VM: It is in the holding area, guys.
Co-pilot: We went to the holding pattern.
Captain: Yes?
Co-pilot: Of course.

While they were trying to identify what was going on, the roll increased and reached 45 degrees, which was above the limit. There was a strong overload. Because of it, the co-pilot could not return the seat to its working position, and the captain could not return to the control wheel. Contradictory commands rained down on the Eldar: “Hold the control wheel!”, “In the opposite direction!”, “Turn left", “Right!”. The boy took the control wheel being turned to the right, then he was confused and did not understand what was required of him.

VM: Guys!
Captain: Here you go! Hold the control wheel, hold it!
Co-pilot: Speed!
Co-pilot: In the opposite direction.
Co-pilot: In the opposite direction.
Co-pilot: Back!
Captain: Turn left! To the left! To the right! To the left!
Eldar: To the right?
Co-pilot: Can't you see that?
The autopilot shutdown sound (sounded until the end of the recording)
Co-pilot: Turn to the right.
Co-pilot: To the right!
Co-pilot: Yes, to the left! Here's the terrain!

Meanwhile, the plane reached a 90-degree roll and began to lose altitude. The autopilot tried to correct the situation and turned up its nose. The speed dropped, the Airbus went into stall, and then into a spin. The captain trying to get back to the control wheel shouted to his son “Come out!”.

Captain: Eldar, come out!
Captain: Crawl back out.
Captain: Crawl back, Eldar.
Captain: Do you see (unreadable) no?
Co-pilot: Thrust idle!
Captain: Come out!
Captain: Come out (unreadable)
Captain: Come out.
Captain: Come out.
Captain: (unreadable)
Captain: Come out.
Captain: Come out, I say.
Co-pilot: Full throttle! Full throttle! Full throttle!
Eldar left the captain’s seat