http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2003/10/15/002.html
He said 1994-98 were particularly bad years for Russian aviation -- new airlines were springing up and safety rules were sometimes poorly enforced. It was in 1994 that an Aeroflot Airbus 310 crashed near Novokuznetsk after the pilot's teenage son inadvertently disconnected the autopilot. All 70 people on board died.