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The jet involved in the accident was then flown in as a replacement to continue the tour. [8] It had been scheduled to visit Laos and Vietnam. [9] At the time of the crash, Sukhoi had 42 orders of the type from Indonesia, 170 in total, and was hoping to produce up to 1,000 aircraft. [10]
The aircraft involved was a Sukhoi Superjet 100-95LR, MSN 95078, and registered as RA-89049. The aircraft was manufactured in 2014 and the flight consisted of three crew members, composed by Captain Evgeniy Bulavko, First officer Vladislav Kharlamov, and Flight engineer Maxim Lukmanov. [3] [7] [10] [11]
The aircraft was a Russian-built Sukhoi Superjet 100, MSN (manufacturer's serial number) 95135, and was registered as RA-89098. [2] The aircraft had accumulated 2,710 flight hours and 1,658 cycles before the accident. [3] Aeroflot Superjets are configured with 87 passenger seats, 12 in business class and 75 in economy class. [4]
The Aeroflot airline and Sukhoi Superjet 100 are under scrutiny after the Moscow plane fire that killed 41 people.
The Sknyliv air show disaster occurred on 27 July 2002, when a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27UB aircraft, piloted by Volodymyr Toponar (of the Ukrainian Falcons) and co-piloted by Yuriy Yegorov, crashed into spectators during an aerobatics presentation at Sknyliv airfield near Lviv, Ukraine. The accident killed 77 people and injured 543.
"In the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, in a mountainous area, an Su-34 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed during a scheduled training flight," Russia's RIA state news agency cited ...
A graffiti in Solo regarding the Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash. 9 May: a Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft crashed on a demonstration flight operating from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta. The aircraft hit the cliff in Mount Salak, a volcano in West Java, killing all 37 passengers and 8 crew aboard. The plane was on a demonstration ...
The plane involved in the crash was about 15 years old. Aerospace experts say it’s unlikely that investigators will find a design problem with the long-flying aircraft.