Editor’s Note: The following is an adapted excerpt from Stephen R. Foerster’s book Trailblazers, Heroes, and Crooks: Stories to Make You a Smarter Investor (Wiley 2024). Autopilots Gone Wrong Aeroflot 593 set off on March 22, 1994, for a 14-hour flight from Moscow to Hong Kong with 75 people on board. […]