[tcrlaf]

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.

[tcrlaf]

The aircraft in question, a couple of hours before it crashed.

[Liberty Valance]

Last night i heard there were some political and media passengers.

[RetiredTexasVet]

One of the newscasts said that some of the passengers were “potential buyers”! Oops ... lost some potential there.

[rdl6989]

BTTT. I wonder: terrorism, mechanical, or weather?

[diogenes ghost]

"......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.

[tcrlaf]

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”

[trotskylvalia]

Vodka. Served in “stakany” , in English tall glasses.

[Doomonyou]

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.

[FreedomPoster]

Anyone who has paid attention at all to international travel for the last 2-3 decades knows this one rule:

DON’T FLY ON RUSSIAN / SOVIET AIRLINERS!

[Uncle Slayton]

I guessing the Russians lost the sale.

[JerseyanExile]

Looking at pictures of the crash site, I think that the possibility of survivors can be ruled out.