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Sukhoi SuperJet Demo Flight Crashes In Inonesia, Plane + 46 Passengers Missing
NYCAviation ^ | May 9-2012 | MAtt Molnar

Posted on 05/09/2012 7:41:42 PM PDT by tcrlaf

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UPDATE 10:20 PM ET: Indonesian rescuers have located the plane on a mountain at an altitude of 5,200 feet, according to a Twitter report from Sergey Dolya.

This is a fairly big deal, as the Sukhoi is the first real westernized Russian Production Aircraft, and is sucking up market share from Boeing in Asia, with this lower-cost competitor.

1 posted on 05/09/2012 7:41:55 PM PDT by tcrlaf
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The aircraft in question, a couple of hours before it crashed.
2 posted on 05/09/2012 7:43:27 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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A 737-ski?

I’ve flown on Aeroflot, and swore I’d walk if I had to fly with them again....


3 posted on 05/09/2012 7:45:36 PM PDT by ASOC (What are you doing now that Mexico has become OUR Chechnya?)
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Why would they call a shrunken 732 a “Super Jet?”

But prayers for the families — how strange...


4 posted on 05/09/2012 7:46:09 PM PDT by freedumb2003 ('RETRO' Abortions = performed on 84th trimester individuals who think killing babies is a "right.")
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Last night i heard there were some political and media passengers.


5 posted on 05/09/2012 7:49:03 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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One of the newscasts said that some of the passengers were “potential buyers”! Oops ... lost some potential there.


6 posted on 05/09/2012 7:50:43 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (There's a pill for just about everything ... except stupid!)
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Embraer 190-ovitch


7 posted on 05/09/2012 7:52:15 PM PDT by MindBender26 (America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
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Much more like a copy of the EMB 190/195 series, in the same passenger class, than a 737 copy.


8 posted on 05/09/2012 7:52:59 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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This is a top of the line commuter plane replacement, built with help from Boeing. It would not be a 737 competitor.

It is fly by wire.

The request for, and granting, of an altitude clearance that would not clear the nearby mountains is puzzling.

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


9 posted on 05/09/2012 7:53:41 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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I’ve flown on Aeroflot, and swore I’d walk if I had to fly with them again....


A buddy of mine said the same thing. He said he had a few Vodka’s.


10 posted on 05/09/2012 7:55:02 PM PDT by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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Embraer 190-ovitch

We used to call them Aeroplop, although their Trans-Atlantic service on 767s was not too bad.

Ever fly Cubana? They flew a/c they were too old for Aeroflot!


11 posted on 05/09/2012 7:55:50 PM PDT by MindBender26 (America can survive 4 years of Romney. She cannot survive another 4 years of an unfettered Obama!)
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BTTT. I wonder: terrorism, mechanical, or weather?


12 posted on 05/09/2012 7:57:00 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013 The end of an error.)
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My guess would be flying to close to a mountain in a Demo flight.

They are also known to have problems with the entirely new, home-produced engines. Or, given Indonesia, it could be something as simple as contaminated fuel.


13 posted on 05/09/2012 8:00:29 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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demonstration flight circling these mountains and flying between them does not sound like a very good idea. Pretty obvious if it was found on the mountain that either a wind shear of some sort or just pilot error/distraction caused them to fly into the 7000+ or 9000+ foot mountain when cleared to descend from 10000 to 6000...thoughts and prayers to families and friends.


14 posted on 05/09/2012 8:02:00 PM PDT by An American! (Proud To Be An American!)
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The request for, and granting, of an altitude clearance that would not clear the nearby mountains is puzzling.

What Putin enemy was on the plane?

15 posted on 05/09/2012 8:04:14 PM PDT by onemiddleamerican (FUBO and all your terrorist buddies)
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“What Putin enemy was on the plane?”

Comparing Putin to Bill Clinton?
That’s low...


16 posted on 05/09/2012 8:08:33 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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"......and is sucking up market share from Boeing in Asia, with this lower-cost competitor."

Incorrect.

Boeing has not lost a single order to this aircraft, nor will they.

17 posted on 05/09/2012 8:12:46 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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Update tweet from an Aviation Blogger with the SAR team, that decided not to take the flight:

Translation: “We have aircraft coordinates. Altitude is 5200 feet. Helicopters have taken off to confirm location and current conditions”

Translation: “Until further information is confirmed, we have been forbidden to provide any more information. Don’t call for now”


18 posted on 05/09/2012 8:20:50 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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Vodka. Served in “stakany” , in English tall glasses.


19 posted on 05/09/2012 8:24:24 PM PDT by trotskylvalia (where nose meets the grindstone)
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This is a fairly big deal, as the Sukhoi is the first real westernized Russian Production Aircraft, and is sucking up market share from Boeing in Asia, with this lower-cost competitor.

Not anymore.

20 posted on 05/09/2012 8:24:33 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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