In what could only be described as the worst advert imaginable for Russia’s attempts to improve its airline transport, one of its newest airplanes, the Sukhoi Superjet has crashed on a demo tour in Indonesia, killing all 47 passengers, who consisted of, amongst others, potential customers, journalists and embassy staff. Medvedev has, of course, ordered an investigation into the tragedy. When a Yak-42 mid-range jet crashed last September, decimating the Yaroslav Lokomotiv hockey team, international players later spoke of their fears when of traveling on creaking, antiquated Russian jets. Without the excuse of antiquity – how will the fate of this aircraft be explained?
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The Sukhoi Superjet is a metaphor for Putin’s Russia: broken airplane = broken country. Overly hyped, carefully spun, but without substance.
Health and safety inspectors in Russia regularly take bribes in order to sign off on questionable situations, I doubt that Russia’s aviation industry is any different.
“Without the excuse of antiquity – how will the fate of this aircraft be explained?”
Are you really this dense? Most aircraft crashes are caused by pilot error.
And possible technical failure? Maybe it was…
The German flight control system?
The French fuel system?
The American electric power system?
Bobby A. and Shay really are pieces of work.
Thank you for correcting me on the state of bribery in Russia, I seem to be miss-informed about the facts. And I guess crashing into a mountain is pilot error.
I wonder why Boeing and Airbus planes are not dropping out of the skies in the West.
You’re the “piece of work” for constantly defending the indefensible — Putin’s Russia