> One of the children had unknowingly disengaged the A310 autopilot's control over the aircraft's ailerons while seated at the controls. [...] With the autopilo

> One of the children had unknowingly disengaged the A310 autopilot's control over the aircraft's ailerons while seated at the controls. [...] With the autopilot active, Kudrinsky, against regulations, let the children sit at the controls I remember visiting the cockpit pre-9/11 and it did not include being invited to sit at the controls. Or, in other words, children visiting the cockpit was probably more the proximate cause than the root cause.