The horrific Moscow plane inferno which killed 41 was caused because the crew was so used to deploying autopilot that they made elementary errors when they had to fly manually. An expert claimed that the experienced captain Denis Evdokimov, hospitalised as a result of the crash, had never previously manually flown the Sukhoi Superjet 100 in so-called 'direct mode'.
A lightning strike soon after takeoff forced the pilots to make an emergency landing but this should not have led to the flames in which dozens were burned alive or killed by toxic fumes, say authorities in Moscow.
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