Sukhoi 100 missing in Indonesia

[marooned]

This plane visited KHI on May 5.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/09/world ... ?hpt=hp_t1

[umar744]

sorry sad news same like AirBlue A321 and Bhojar Air 737

[Abbas Ali]

On following link, photos of the aircraft taken in Indonesia today (May 9) confirm it was serial# 97004. The aircraft at Karachi Airport was serial# 97005.

http://aviation-safety.net/database/rec ... 20120509-0

And from information on following link, Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) appears to be possible cause of this accident.

http://avherald.com/h?article=44f464f7&opt=0

Abbas

[deadly_scorpion]

Details at http://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post ... t/690151/1

I am wondering if it was the same plane that came to Karachi ??

[Hashmax]

This plane made a technical stop at karachi while 97005 was still in Karachi !
Sad to hear about it !!!

[raihans]

Most probably CFIT

Avherald has some updates on the crash of Superjet, sad ending of this demonstration flight

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=44f464f7&opt=0

[Jacobin777]

Here is one photo of where the plane probably hit:

[faisal-777]

Apparently it seems it hit the mountain head on !

[Abbas Ali]

Vertical stabilizer with Sukhoi logo visible in this photo.


Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

Abbas

[raihans]

Superjet crash probe focuses on crew
Posted: 25 Jun 2012 04:03 AM PDT

Indonesia's safety authorities have published initial safety recommendations (see embedded document below) for what would seem like an extraordinarily unlikely event -- at least for the foreseeable future: another demonstration flight by a Superjet SSJ100 within the mountainous country's airspace.

After all, it's been less than two months since a Superjet carrying 45 passengers, including the Superjet's chief test pilot, crashed only meters below the lip of a vertical ridge of Mount Salak on a demonstration jolly out of Jakarta.

There remain many unanswered questions as the investigation continues, but so far nobody is pointing fingers at the SSJ100 itself. As our Singapore-based colleague Mavis Toh writes today, the initial safety recommendations published by Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee focus entirely on crew and administrative issues.

Meanwhile, Sukhoi chief executive Mikhail Pogosyan has told the Russian press that "the aircraft had no technical problems". United Aircraft Corporation's public relations department is being a bit more subtle: "For the time being, it is absolutely clear that there were no technical failures. However, the official preliminary results of the investigation have not been published yet. There are many details that should be linked. Therefore, it is somewhat premature at the moment to give forecasts about the final results."

Knkt 001 5 Vi Rek.ku 12 English

http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/fligh ... ses-o.html