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TIL the 16-year-old son of a pilot was permitted to sit in the cockpit of an Aeroflot flight while it was on autopilot. However, he disengaged the autopilot, causing a chain of events that resulted in the plane crashing and the death of all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.

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