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Fitch Ratings agency expects that the recent Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) crash in Indonesia during its demonstration flight will negatively affect the popularity of this jet brand in the short-term but won’t undermine the overall rating of its manufacturer, the Sukhoi Civil Aircraft.
The SSJ-100 with 40 people on board slammed into a Salak Mount slope in Indonesia on May 9.
No survivors in Superjet crash
Indonesian rescuers have found no survivors at the site of Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash on Java’s Salak Island, a rescue official reports.
According to him, the bodies will be evacuated from the site by helicopters as it is located 1,500 meters above sea level.
The jet with 45 passengers went off radars during its demonstration flight in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on May 9. Eight Russians and citizens of five countries were on board
A rescue helicopter found the jet’s fragments on the Salak peak, 65 km of Jakarta.
Russian police are investigating.
Russia opens criminal probe into Indonesia air crash
Russian investigators opened a criminal probe on Thursday into possible misconduct during preparations for the demonstration flight of a new Superjet 100 jet which came down in Indonesia.
The Investigative Committee said in a statement it would investigate "the procedure for preparing the flight crew and also the technical condition of the craft itself before its departure from Russia."
Putin orders Russian officials to probe into SSJ-100 crash
Newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his deep condolences to his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over the yesterday’s crash of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 plane.
He ordered the Russian representatives to Indonesia to actively participate in the investigation of the accident, the Kremlin press office said Thursday.
Victim recovery efforts from Sukhoi Suiperjet 100 plane crash to begin Friday
Indonesian rescue teams will begin recovering bodies from the plane crash site Friday. Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed into a mountain in a very remote area. All Russians who were on board the plane worked for the Sukhoi company.
The victim's remains will be delivered to a military hospital. Rescue teams found no survivors. However, rescuers are still building stairs in order to reach the crashed plane fragments. After dark the rescue operations will be impossible to continue.
Before communication was lost the plane requested permission to reduce its altitude from 10,000 feet to 6,000. The plane received permission and started to descend. The aircraft was flying in low visibility conditions.
No survivors at site of Indonesia Russian jet crash: agency
Rescuers found no survivors on Thursday when they reached the mountainous site of a Russian plane crash in western Indonesia, an official said.
"We haven't found any survivors," said Gagah Prakoso, spokesman for the national search and rescue agency.
Rescuers found bodies when they reached the site where the Sukhoi Superjet crashed, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) southeast of Jakarta, he said.
"We entered the area... and found the dead bodies, but we cannot say about the number," Prakoso added.
There were between 46 and 50 people aboard the plane when it vanished from radar screens on Wednesday, officials said, 50 minutes into what was meant to be a short flight to show off its capabilities to prospective buyers.
A Red Cross official said its team near the site reported bodies scattered close to the wreckage.
Prakoso said that evacuation of the bodies by helicopter was being hampered by bad weather.
"The evacuation is still difficult. By land we'll need 12 hours and by helicopter it would take only 20 minutes, but the weather is impossible," the search agency spokesman said.
"We are preparing a helipad so that tomorrow (Friday) morning, with clear weather, we can evacuate them."
Human remains found at Superjet crash scene
Human remains have been found at the scene of the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane on Mount Salak in Indonesia, a source at the crisis center at the Jakarta airport told journalists.
The remains will be taken to hospitals for DNA tests.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 was to make a demonstration flight in Jakarta on Wednesday when it suddenly dropped off the radar shortly after take-off.
It was carrying 45 passengers, including eight Russians.
DNA tests to be performed on remains found at SSJ-100 crash site
Human remains have been found at the site of a Russian Sukhoi Superjet-100 crash on Mount Salak in Indonesia, a spokesman for the emergency center at the Jakarta airport told journalists.
DNA tests will be carried out to identify the victims. The SSJ-100 carrying 45 people, including 8 Russians, was performing a standard demonstration flight on Wednesday when it suddenly dropped off the radars shortly after take-off.
Two Il-76 planes of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry and a team of rescuers and medics are ready to fly to Jakarta if requested by Indonesia.
Russia to send 2 rescue planes with helicopters on board to plane crash site in Indonesia
Russia is sending two rescue planes IL-76 with the helicopters on board to the Sukhoi plane crash site in Indonesia, the representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situation said. He also noted that if necessary Russia will send a rescue team as well. Over 40 people were on board the crashed plane including 8 Russians.
Superjet crash: Survivors unlikely
Chances of finding survivors in the Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash in Indonesia are very low, experts say.
Wreckage of the plane was found on the side of a cliff on Mount Salak in West Java province.
Meanwhile, no bodies have been found at the scene.
Local rescue forces say the plane was carrying 50 passengers, eight of them were Russian citizens, 2- from Italy, 1 from France, 1 US citizen and 38 Indonesians.
A source at the Russian Embassy said there were 44 passengers, including 8 Russians and 36 Indonesians.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 was to make a demonstration flight in Jakarta on Wednesday when it suddenly dropped off the radar shortly after take-off.
Experts from the Interstate Aviation Committee and from the United Aircraft Corporation are arriving in Jakarta to join the investigation of the crash.
Superjet 100 wreckage found in Indonesia
Wreckage of Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 was found on the edge of a cliff in mountainous area in Indonesia.
The aircraft carrying 48 people from five countries, including eight Russians, dropped off the radar shortly after take-off in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev established a special commission to investigate the accident.
Local authorities believe that the plane had probably crashed into a mountain or could have been hijacked.
No information on the victims has been released so far while a rescue operation is under way.
Sukhoi SuperJet 100 crashed into mountain
Indonesian television showed pictures from the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 wreckage on Mount Salak. SSJ-100 slammed into the mountainside, some remains of the wreckage are still there, and others have fallen down, the broadcast reports. The plane disappeared from radar screens Wednesday after a demonstration flight in Jakarta. It was the plane's maiden demonstration tour to 6 Asian countries. Forty-eight people were on board, among them citizens of 5 countries, including 8 Russians.
Air search for missing Superjet resumes in Indonesia
The first military helicopter in Indonesia has flown for the site where the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft went off the radar the previous day.
Earlier, participation of helicopters in the search operation was delayed due to difficult weather conditions. The inactive crater Kawah-Ratu, located at an altitude of more than two kilometers above sea level on the northern flank of the volcano Salak, is considered the most likely site where the aircraft may have gone down. Combined forces of police and the national search and rescue agency are combing the area.
PM Medvedev sets up commission to investigate SuperJet incident
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has set up a commission to investigate the incident with the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 aircraft which disappeared off the radars in Indonesia during a demonstration flight several dozen kilometers away from the capital. According to the government’s press service, the commission is headed by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade, Yuri Slusar.
The commission includes representatives from the Foreign Ministry, and the United Aircraft Corporation, which owns the holding company Sukhoi.
The short-range Sukhoi SuperJet 100, on its maiden demonstration tour of six countries in Asia, disappeared from radar screens after a demonstration flight in Jakarta. According to updated figures, on board were 50 people - citizens of five countries, including eight Russians.
Indonesian authorities do not rule out that the aircraft could have been seized by terrorists, or collided with a mountain. The search is ongoing.
Search for missing Sukhoi Superjet to continue all night
The search for the Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft that disappeared off the radars in Indonesia will continue throughout the night. This was reported by the press secretary of the Russian Embassy in Jakarta, Dmitry Solodov.
"The search operation involves representatives of the local police force, the military, and rescue services" - said the diplomat. "For the present, the search has not brought any results" - he said.
At day break the air search will be resumed. Solodov assured that relatives of the eight Russians aboard the aircraft will be provided with all necessary information over the phone.
Sukhoi plane maker’s chief goes to Indonesia
The head of Russia’s Sukhoi plane maker Mikhail Pogosyan is going to Jakarta to personally control the search of Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 that went off radars during its demonstration flight in the Indonesian capital . There were 50 people onboard, including 8 Russians.
Indonesian rescuers are searching for the plane but thick fog hampered the operation. It will be resumed early on May 10.
Russia’s Superjet still missing
Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 with 50 passengers that went off radars during its demonstration flight in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta is still missing, a Russian diplomat in Indonesia reports.
According to him, controllers lost contact with the crew in the area of the western city of Bogor on Java after the pilots had requested permission to fly at a lower altitude.
There were 50 people onboard, including 8 Russians, 2 Italians, a Frenchman, an American and 36 Indonesians.
The jet arrived in Indonesia on May 9 as part of its demonstration tour across Asia.
Indonesian copter looks for missing Superjet
An Indonesian rescue helicopter is looking for Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 with 44 passengers. Local authorities and Russian diplomats are monitoring the situation.
The jet disappeared from the radars during a demonstration flight in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta.
There were 44 people onboard, including 8 Russians and 36 representatives of Indonesian air carriers.
The jet arrived in Indonesia on May 9 as part of its demonstration tour across Asia.
Russian Superjet plane with 44 on board missing in Indonesia
Russia’s Sukhoi Superjet-100 airplane, on a demonstration flight in Jakarta, went off radar screens on Wednesday, Indonesian aviation authorities said.
There are 44 people on board, including eight Russians and 36 foreign nationals.
Indonesian authorities suggested the airplane may have been hijacked or crashed into a mountain in poor visibility.
The plane has failed to return to the airport after a demonstration flight.
Shortly before radio contact was lost the pilots had requested permission to descend from 10,000 feet to 6,000 feet, air traffic controllers said.
After it was cleared for descent the plane started turning right and descending but then disappeared from the radar screens at an altitude of 6,200 feet in a mountainous area.
By the time the plane was due to return it should have burned up its fuel.
Earlier in the day the SSJ-100 carried out two demonstration flights in the Indonesian capital as the manufacturer said Pakistan’s Air Indus has shown an interest in purchasing eight SSJ-100s.
The SSJ-100 arrived in Jakarta as part of a demonstration tour of six Asian countries. It has been to Myanmar, Pakistan and Kazakhstan, and after Indonesia was due to visit Laos and Vietnam.
United Aircraft Corporation said in February Russia will export 10 SSJ-100 airplanes in 2012. The planes will be delivered to Mexico, Indonesia, and Laos in the second half of the year. So far, only one plane has been exported and that was to Armenia.Another 10 SSJ-100s will be delivered to domestic airlines Aeroflot and Armavia.
The Superjet 100 is a medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by Sukhoi in cooperation with U.S. and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace and Honeywell.
The aircraft is capable of carrying up to 100 passengers for up to 4,500 kilometers. In early February the SSJ-100 received the Type Certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).Sukhoi has received over 200 firm orders for Superjet 100 airliners so far.
The SSJ-100 arrived in Jakarta as part of a demonstration tour of six Asian countries. It has been to Myanmar, Pakistan and Kazakhstan, and after Indonesia was due to visit Laos and Vietnam.
United Aircraft Corporation said in February Russia will export 10 SSJ-100 airplanes in 2012. The planes will be delivered to Mexico, Indonesia, and Laos in the second half of the year.
So far, only one plane has been exported and that was to Armenia.
Another 10 SSJ-100s will be delivered to domestic airlines Aeroflot and Armavia.
The Superjet 100 is a medium-haul passenger aircraft developed by Sukhoi in cooperation with U.S. and European aviation corporations, including Boeing, Snecma, Thales, Messier Dowty, Liebherr Aerospace and Honeywell.
The aircraft is capable of carrying up to 100 passengers for up to 4,500 kilometers.
In early February SSJ-100 received the Type Certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
Sukhoi has received over 200 firm orders for Superjet 100 airliners so far.
RIA, TASS, IF, Reuters, BBCRussian.com
