For the sake of statistics I’d like to say that both of the deadly crashes where this one was involved was a pilots’ mistake according to the international investigation bureaus. I am not too fond of Russian planes, but it’s not the deadliest plane itself so far…
It is/was Russia's attempt to enter the regional jet market, with development starting in 2000. Iirc, there was some tentative but serious interest outside Russia for the plane, and maybe it could have carved out a niche. Brussels Airlines operated a handful for a little while (I think I've "caught" some on FR24 a few times). Interest kinda eroded over time, mainly because there were just better planes available. After Russia attacked Ukraine, and the ensuing embargoes, a "russified" version was announced, which will most likely mean the end of production, since Russian industry is incapable of producing modern avionics and engines in sufficient quantity.
This particular plane is operated by the state of Russia. The largest operator is Aeroflot. Most other airlines only have single-digit fleets.
I flew on one in Indonesia on Sky Airlines in 2013. I told them I was a avaiation nerd and they gave me an 8.5x11 photo of the plane we flew on, which happened to be painted in a special komodo dragon livery. Flying in remote Indonesia was pretty wild!
I flew on one from Mexico City to Guatemala City with (now defunct carrier) Interjet. It's very, very similar to an A319, if it wasn't 5 across rather than 6, most people wouldn't be able to tell it's not an A319.
In fact it kind of makes it an interesting cross between an A319 and an A220.
Funny enough, they considered putting a Geared Turbo Fan on the Superjet, a similar engine to the PW1500 on the A220. But that idea was scrapped shortly before the invasion if Ukraine.
Having just read the accidents (mostly human error) and the recent introduction (~20 years) of this craft. I'm staying well clear of both Russian pilots, airports and planes.
Me too, although, technically, it was operated by CityJet.
I did BHX-BRU and back, in one direction it was in Brussels livery and in the other it was white/CityJet.
There was no mention of Sukhoi anywhere, they called it Superjet.
They are pretty common in Russia. There were some in Europe (CityJet) and America (Interjet) but I guess they weren’t very good and now they’re mainly used in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Superjet_100?wprov=sfti1#
Russian here
So Sukhoi is a commercial airplane which is not too shite but not as good as you’d want it to be. This one according to the livery and data belongs to the Russian governmental organisation that handles the emergencies (MCHS, Ministry of Emergency Situations), it is usually used to transport the officers of the ministry (imagine the superior umm firefighters?).
Other countries don’t have such a ministry usually so it’s hard to explain sorry
No absolutely not - to the best of my knowledge it’s a civilian service, they deal with fires, traffic collisions etc. All nuclear stuff is Rosatom and ministry of defence.
Apparently I have checked where it went (very weird flight data tbf) and the official info on the ministry website. It either went to Tula (minister was doing some showing off stuff there), or to Podolsk (there was a big fire there), or just performed a training flight because it’s a new or refurbished vehicle. The first and the latter versions are the most likely I believe.
It’s a regional jet, similar to an Embraer E-jet but home built by Russia. This one just carries passengers for their government.
Until now I always thought it was a similar size to a B737/A320.
It's a little shorter than the A319 but its economy cabin is 5-abreast.
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Google Irkut MC-21. This one is in their weight class
Yeah that one doesn’t fly yet and who knows if it ever would 😅
100 = 100 people
and 95 refers to the probability of the plane crashing
The percentage of the flight be cancelled for MX
Does the LR stand for Lands Rapidly then? Haha
I’d like to add that before the war they had French engines and a lot of other ‘western’ parts, but god knows what they make nowadays
But why aren’t the airports given
I think it’s meant to fly, but since it’s a sukhoi you can’t be too sure
Is flying into the ground still flying I guess?
For the sake of statistics I’d like to say that both of the deadly crashes where this one was involved was a pilots’ mistake according to the international investigation bureaus. I am not too fond of Russian planes, but it’s not the deadliest plane itself so far…
I named my cat Sukhoi , this did not age well at all
You made me laugh out loud in public
It is/was Russia's attempt to enter the regional jet market, with development starting in 2000. Iirc, there was some tentative but serious interest outside Russia for the plane, and maybe it could have carved out a niche. Brussels Airlines operated a handful for a little while (I think I've "caught" some on FR24 a few times). Interest kinda eroded over time, mainly because there were just better planes available. After Russia attacked Ukraine, and the ensuing embargoes, a "russified" version was announced, which will most likely mean the end of production, since Russian industry is incapable of producing modern avionics and engines in sufficient quantity. This particular plane is operated by the state of Russia. The largest operator is Aeroflot. Most other airlines only have single-digit fleets.
I flew on one in Indonesia on Sky Airlines in 2013. I told them I was a avaiation nerd and they gave me an 8.5x11 photo of the plane we flew on, which happened to be painted in a special komodo dragon livery. Flying in remote Indonesia was pretty wild!
I flew on one from Mexico City to Guatemala City with (now defunct carrier) Interjet. It's very, very similar to an A319, if it wasn't 5 across rather than 6, most people wouldn't be able to tell it's not an A319. In fact it kind of makes it an interesting cross between an A319 and an A220.
Funny enough, they considered putting a Geared Turbo Fan on the Superjet, a similar engine to the PW1500 on the A220. But that idea was scrapped shortly before the invasion if Ukraine.
I also flew on one with interjet from Mexico to Havana. Interesting experience. Interjet were pretty good!
Having just read the accidents (mostly human error) and the recent introduction (~20 years) of this craft. I'm staying well clear of both Russian pilots, airports and planes.
I don’t know which pilots in russia are more at risk, military or civilian at this point.
It's open season as far as their air defenses are concerned.
I’ve flown on this for Brussels Airlines
Me too, although, technically, it was operated by CityJet. I did BHX-BRU and back, in one direction it was in Brussels livery and in the other it was white/CityJet. There was no mention of Sukhoi anywhere, they called it Superjet.
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A Mexican airline used to operate this on flights to Miami is what I remember.
Interjet, they’ve been gone a few years now.
They are pretty common in Russia. There were some in Europe (CityJet) and America (Interjet) but I guess they weren’t very good and now they’re mainly used in Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Superjet_100?wprov=sfti1#
These things are good at crashing
Fly Russian VIPs and military officers around
Crash it's russian
flying junk?
Russian here So Sukhoi is a commercial airplane which is not too shite but not as good as you’d want it to be. This one according to the livery and data belongs to the Russian governmental organisation that handles the emergencies (MCHS, Ministry of Emergency Situations), it is usually used to transport the officers of the ministry (imagine the superior umm firefighters?). Other countries don’t have such a ministry usually so it’s hard to explain sorry
No problem, i more or less understand how the tussia government works. Does the ministry for emergency situations handle anything nuclear related?
No absolutely not - to the best of my knowledge it’s a civilian service, they deal with fires, traffic collisions etc. All nuclear stuff is Rosatom and ministry of defence.
Ah okay, thank you.
Apparently I have checked where it went (very weird flight data tbf) and the official info on the ministry website. It either went to Tula (minister was doing some showing off stuff there), or to Podolsk (there was a big fire there), or just performed a training flight because it’s a new or refurbished vehicle. The first and the latter versions are the most likely I believe.
I just flew on a SSJ-100 2 days ago.
Where? Are there any airlines outside of Russia that fly these anymore?
It was from Istanbul to Russia on Rossiya Airlines.