Moscow

Most tracked flight diverted to Moscow Sheremetyevo last minute

On January 17, 2021, Pobeda airlines flight DP936 from Berlin to Moscow was the most tracked flight of the day. Why?...

Russian authorities decode Superjet 100 accident flight recorders

Russian authorities have finished decoding flight recorders of Aeroflot Superjet 100, which left forty-one people dead and eleven injured after crash landing in Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO) on May 5, 2019....

Superjet-100 accident: Pilot behavior investigated

Russian investigators are looking into the behavior of the flight crew that was operating the Aeroflot Superjet-100 involved in a deadly accident on May 5, 2019, which costed the lives of 41 people....

Superjet-100, a controversial aircraft

The Superjet-100, initially manufactured by Sukhoi, was designed to compete with Brazilian Embraer and Canadian Bombardier in the regional aircraft market. To encourage acquisitions, subsidies were offered by the Russian government. Eight years after it entered service, it has been at the center of numerous controversies....

Superjet-100 accident: can lightning cause a crash?

The first testimonies of the flight crew and the passengers of the Aeroflot Superjet-100 that crash-landed in Moscow report that several of the aircraft’s systems shut down after it was struck by lightning. ...

What do we know about Aeroflot Superjet-100 crash-landing?

Forty-one people died and eleven were injured after the emergency landing of an Aeroflot Superjet-100 in Sheremetyevo International Airport (SVO), Moscow, on May 5, 2019. An investigation has been opened to determine the cause of the accident....

Hijacking attempt on Moscow-bound Aeroflot flight

A Moscow-bound passenger plane has been involved in a hijacking attempt, Russian news media report. Aeroflot flight SU1515 en route from Surgut to Moscow on January 22, 2019, was forced to make an emergency landing at another airport in Russia, after a passenger on board demanded the plane head for Afghanistan....