{"id":4489,"date":"2019-05-06T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-06T14:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2019-05-06T09:23:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T14:23:06","slug":"sukhoi-superjet-100-involved-in-deadly-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=4489","title":{"rendered":"Sukhoi Superjet 100 Involved in Deadly Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This image taken from a video distributed by Russian Investigative Committee on Sunday, May 5, 2019, shows the Sukhoi SSJ100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines on fire, at Sheremetyevo airport, outside Moscow, Russia. At least 40 people died when an Aeroflot airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, officials said early Monday. (The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) \u2014 The Aeroflot-operated SSJ100 passenger jet that caught fire during an emergency landing in Moscow is part of Russia’s efforts to maintain a presence in civil aviation in a market dominated by companies like Boeing, Airbus and Embraer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a quick look at the SSJ100 and the Russian company that built it, the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PLANE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n SSJ100, or Superjet 100, is a short- to medium-haul narrow body jet \nwith two engines that can be configured to carry up to 103 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At\n that size, it’s intended to substitute for larger planes such as the \nBoeing 737 or Airbus 321 on shorter, less travelled routes and during \nslower travel seasons. Regional aircraft are an important part of \nRussia’s transportation system, given the country’s enormous distances \nand many remote towns. The Superjet succeeds older, Soviet-built planes \nsuch as the Tu-134 airliner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plane is built at the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company’s plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s distant Far East region. Although the design is Russian, the company says it uses the latest Western technology as well. The engines are made by PowerJet, a joint venture between France’s Safran Aircraft Engines and Russia’s Saturn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft of Airflot Airlines, center, is seen after an emergency landing in Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2019. (Moscow News Agency photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The\n plane first flew in 2008 and entered commercial service in 2011. It is \ncertified by the European Union Safety Agency but is mainly used in \nRussia and has not made much headway against international competitors, \nnot just from Boeing and Airbus but also from Brazil’s Embraer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aeroflot\n is the biggest client with 50 of the planes. Mexico’s Interjet said \nSunday it operated five of the planes “under the highest safety \nstandards.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interjet\n earlier operated 22 Superjets but referred in a recent earnings report \nto the “gradual phase out of the fleet of SSJ100.” The company reported \nlost sales after the planes were grounded due to a defect in the tail \nsection in December 2016 and said it was seeking “contractual recovery \nof amounts related to maintenance costs” for the planes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ireland’s CityJet, which supplies planes and crews to other airlines, stopped operating several Superjets in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People gather around the damaged Sukhoi SSJ100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines at Sheremetyevo airport, outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 6, 2019. Russia’s main investigative body says both flight recorders have been recovered from the plane that caught fire while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, killing at least 40 people on Sunday. (AP Photo\/Pavel Golovkin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

THE COMPANY<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\n Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company bears the name of the legendary Soviet \naircraft designer, Pavel Sukhoi, who was responsible for a series of \nSoviet military aircraft starting before World War II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today’s\n firm is part of Russia’s United Aircraft Company, which consolidated \nmany of the legendary names of Soviet aviation such as MiG, Sukhoi, \nTupolev and Yak. UAC was established by a decree from President Vladimir\n Putin in 2006 to promote the Russian aircraft industry, which is seen \nas essential for the security and defense of the country. Much of its \nproduction goes to the military, while the SSJ100 is the key project \naimed at maintaining a Russian presence in civil aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TROUBLES<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\n May 9, 2012, a demonstration flight hit Mount Salak in Indonesia, \nkilling all 45 on board, after the pilot disregarded six alarms from the\n terrain warning system on the apparent assumption there was a problem \nwith the terrain database, according to the report from Indonesia’s air \nsafety regulator. The plane had unintentionally left a circling pattern \nafter the crew was distracted by a prolonged conversation not related to\n flying the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a Superjet skidded off the runway at Iceland’s Keflavik airport in 2013 with landing gear up during flight certification tests involving landing on one engine; one crew member suffered minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, the Sukhoi SSJ-100 aircraft of Aeroflot Airlines that made an emergency landing on Sunday, May 5, 2019 in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport, takes off from the Siberian city of Tyumen, Russia. Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot says the plane that caught fire at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, killing at least one person, had been forced to turn back after taking off for the city of Murmansk because of technical reasons. (AP Photo\/Marina Lystseva)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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