Auto piloting the plane in this situation isn't an issue, witnesses state "explosion" while plane was in air,
https:/ /www.thesun.co.uk/news/5550901/russian-plane-crash-moscow-russia-today-explosion-an-148-latest-news-saratov-airlines/
Scroll down to the kid with the sunglasses look closely at his tshirt…I think a message #33 on shirt..read the shirt.