Aeroflot Flight 593
F-OGQS, the aircraft involved in the accident, on the apron at Charles de Gaulle Airport in 1993
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| Accident summary | |
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| Date | 23 March 1994 |
| Summary | Pilot error, untrained minor in command of controls |
| Site | 20 km (12 mi) E of Mezhdurechensk, Russia 53°30′N 88°15′E / 53.500°N 88.250°ECoordinates: 53°30′N 88°15′E / 53.500°N 88.250°E |
| Passengers | 63 |
| Crew | 12 |
| Fatalities | 75 (all) |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A310-304 |
| Aircraft name | Glinka |
| Operator | Aeroflot – Russian International Airlines |
| Registration | F-OGQS |
| Flight origin | Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia |
| Destination | Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong |
Aeroflot Flight 593 was a Moscow–Hong Kong passenger service operated by Aeroflot – Russian International Airlines, flown with an Airbus A310-300, that crashed into a hillside of the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia, on 23 March 1994. All 63 passengers and 12 crew members perished in the accident.
No evidence of technical malfunction was found.Cockpit voice and flight data recorders revealed the presence of the pilot's 12-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son on the flight deck. One of the children had unknowingly disengaged the A310 autopilot's control over the aircraft's ailerons while seated at the controls. The aircraft rolled into a steep bank and near-vertical dive. Despite managing to level the aircraft off, the pilot over-corrected the attempt to pull up, causing the plane to stall and then crash into a hillside.
The aircraft involved in the accident was a leased Airbus A310-304, registration F-OGQS, serial number 596, that was delivered new to Aeroflot on 11 December 1992. Powered with two General Electric CF6-80C2A2 engines, the airframe had its maiden flight as F-WWCS on 11 September 1991, and was one of five operating for Russian Airlines, an autonomous division of Aeroflot – Russian International Airlines that was set up for serving routes to the Russian Far East and Southeast Asia. On average, the crew of three operating the aircraft had logged 900 hours on the type.
The jet was en route from Sheremetyevo International Airport to Hong Kong Kai Tak International Airport with 75 occupants aboard, of whom 63 were passengers. Most of the passengers were businessmen from Hong Kong and Taiwan who were looking for economic opportunities in Russia.
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