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NewsSuperjet crash inquiry reveals angle-of-attack anomaly on second Gazpromavia aircraft
Unambiguous procedures for installing angle-of-attack sensors on Yakovlev Superjet 100s are being developed after the fatal crash of a Gazpromavia aircraft – as well as an earlier incident involving a sister ship. Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has disclosed the urgent measures in its preliminary findings into the 12 July accident, ...
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NewsGazpromavia crash crew briefly arrested descent before Superjet entered fatal dive
Russian investigators have disclosed that the crashed Gazpromavia Yakovlev Superjet 100 crew switched to manual control after the aircraft started to pitch down, briefly arresting the descent, before it entered a steep fatal dive. The aircraft took off from Lukhovitsy airport, bound for Moscow Vnukovo, on 12 July following “periodic ...
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NewsSuperjet crash inquiry yet to clarify relevance of angle-of-attack sensor repair advisory
Investigators have yet to disclose preliminary findings from the fatal crash of a Gazpromavia Yakovlev Superjet 100, and have yet to clarify whether an apparent communication on angle-of-attack vane maintenance is relevant to the inquiry. The Interstate Aviation Committee has started analysing data from the flight-data and cockpit-voice recorders retrieved ...
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NewsGazpromavia Superjet 100 crashes in forest outside Moscow
Russian investigators have opened an inquiry after a Yakovlev Superjet 100 suffered a fatal accident near the city of Kolomna. United Aircraft says the aircraft was performing a ferry flight on 12 July, without passengers on board. Kolomna is around 100km southeast of Moscow. Russia’s emergency situations ministry says the ...
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NewsGazprom emerges as first customer for Mi-171A3 offshore helicopter
Russian Helicopters appears to have a first customer lined up for the new A3 variant of its long-running Mil Mi-171 heavy-class rotorcraft after oil giant Gazprom signed up to the programme, although details of the agreement remain limited.
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NewsGazpromavia puts long-range Superjet into service
Russian carrier Gazpromavia has put its long-range version of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 into service, the first commercial operation with the variant.