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TIL that in 1994 a Russian pilot let his son handle the control on a passenger airplane. The son crashed the plane, and all 75 on board died. (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 years ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/todayilearned@lemmy.ml

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The pilot turned on the autopilot before handing the controls to his son, expecting that it would keep him from doing anything stupid. However, the son accidentally disengaged the autopilot.

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[–] jarrod@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

Atleast all these TIL posts aren't reposts now 😂

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