Aeroflot flight SU-1492 . It was a domestic passenger flight that covered the route between Moscow and Murmansk. The aircraft had an accident after catching fire after an emergency landing at Sheremetyevo Airport.
Summary
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- 1 Features
- 2 Accident
- 3 Victims
- 4 Other accidents
- 1 2012
- 2 2013
- 3 2018
- 5 Sources
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The Sukhoi Superjet 100 is a Russian-made aircraft, it is a regional aircraft dedicated to the transport of passengers, with capacity between 68 and 103 seats. It flew for the first time in 2008 and entered service in 2011, while the damaged unit was manufactured in 2017
Its length is 29.94 meters, its height is 10.28 meters and it has a wingspan of almost 27.80 meters. The maximum range of this model is 3048 kilometers, and its maximum speed is 860 kilometers per hour.
The aircraft carried the registration RA-89098 and the manufacturer’s serial number 95135.
Accident
The aircraft took off on 5 of maypole of 2019 at 18:02 local time (15:04 UTC) from Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow (Russia) Airport bound for Murmansk in Russia, was struck by lightning that left him its primary communication system, communication was reestablished through an emergency frequency but contact was cut off and it finally stopped working.
The incident forced the captain to request an emergency landing, several minutes later the plane circled over Moscow before beginning the descent, in an attempt to waste fuel or waiting for permission to land, until it attempted to land, in a first attempt failed and he tried to do it again, the landing gear collapsed and the plane fell on the runway violently, at which point it caught fire.
The procedure for an emergency landing states that an airplane must empty its fuel tanks before attempting descent, since the extra weight makes it difficult to maneuver and the flammable material increases the chances of a fire.
Victims
Aircraft trajectory
After the burning plane stopped on the runway, some of the passengers managed to survive by exiting the aircraft via an emergency ramp at the front of the aircraft.
Of the 78 passengers who were on board the plane and who were evacuated, 41 died and 10 people were injured.
Other accidents
2012
A Sukhoi who was demonstrating to potential buyers in Indonesia crashed into a mountain, allegedly due to pilot error. 45 people died.
2013
A Sukhoi was slightly damaged during a test landing in Iceland, with no casualties.
2018
A Superjet 100 suffered an incident when its landing gear collapsed on a remote and dilapidated runway in Russia. There were no deaths or injuries, although the aircraft was unusable.
