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Yamal Airlines cancels its planned purchase of 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100s
Yamal Airlines has cancelled its planned order of 10 Sukhol Superjet 100s following the fiery crash at Moscow (worldairlinenews.com) Mais...
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Belgian Airlines, InterJet (Mexico) have walked away from the SSJ in relatively short time, due to excessive technical faults - Beligan had 92 cancellations in 22 days. Both airlines had pointed to overwhelming lack of factory support from UAC, to the point of the factory stating practically all problems/defects were 'pilot fault' It would appear there are a few bugs to be worked out. No matter how sweet the acquisition deal was, a grounded plane is little more than a paper-weight. Add to that NO factory support presence in the Western hemisphere, SSJ does not spell success at this point. Which is a shame, because anyone who can disrupt the duopoly of Boeing and Airbus gets my attention.
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You have no clue if it was pilot error, weather related or aircraft issue...this 1 did not withstand any pounding on landing...hell the fuel tanks ripped open like a pack of gum!!
I suspect that, in that landing as shown on video, realistically ANY airframe's fuel tanks (if still full from take-off) would have ruptured. Like the aftermath of Chernobyl in 1986, Russian safety only improves when exposed to the glare of publicity.
