About thirty minutes later, while turning around Mount Salak, pilots received the authorization to descend from 10, feet to 6, feet in low visibility. Aircraft hit the edge of a cliff and crashed few yards further and was totally destroyed by impact and post impact fire.
SAR teams arrived on scene 18 hours later and all 45 occupants were killed. At the time of the accident, weather conditions were marginal with clouds shrouding both Mount Salak and Mount Gede. First accident involving a Sukhoi Superjet Present model was manufactured 09AUG and totalized flying hours for cycles. Captain had 10, flying hours and was a test pilot by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company. Probable cause: - The flight crew was not aware of the mountainous area in the vicinity of the flight path due to various factors such as available charts, insufficient briefing and statements of the potential customer that resulted in inappropriate response to the TAWS warning.
The impact could have been avoided by appropriate action of the pilot up to 24 seconds after the first TAWS warning. Sukhoi said that the defect could not cause a crash, but it was a cause for concern. Journalist - With many years of publishing experience behind him, British ex-pat Graham has a thirst for travel that shines through in his work.
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Based in Lanzarote, Spain. Graham Snelgrove Journalist - With many years of publishing experience behind him, British ex-pat Graham has a thirst for travel that shines through in his work. More great Simple Flying content:. Sales negotiations came to a halt, and Putin, the main source of administrative and financial resources, lost interest in the project.
All of its problems — a lack of spare parts, service centers, end market, and financing — came to the forefront. Foreign partners reduced their participation in the project to the bare minimum. Government incentives are the only reason Russian airlines purchase the Superjet. Aeroflot has the largest Superjet fleet, with 50 planes. Reactions to the latest disaster on May 5 showed that public mistrust of the Superjet has not disappeared. Of course, other aircrafts have had accidents as well.
But the Sukhoi Superjet has long stopped being just another aircraft, and has become a sociopolitical symbol of hope and disappointment. It seems that everyone, from government officials to airlines and passengers, is tired of the Superjet.
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