Update: Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash at Indonesia one of two black boxes found

    On the 16th of May,Indonesian special forces have found as we can see from the video above what appears to be part of one of the planes black boxes called CVR(cockpit voice recorder).This device records all sounds that can be heard in a cockpit combing discussions between the pilots,providing valuable information to the investigators.The other one called FDR(flight data recorder) that records all flight parameters is yet to be found.The first box was found near the tail of the plane,approximately 100 meters away.Rescue teams will continue to search for the other box,but it will be 2-3 weeks at least before the CVR will reveal any crucial information to the Russian and Indonesian investigators.

News: Iberia Airbus 340 hits hawk after taking off from Spain to Puerto Rico

The damage to the nose cone is pretty evident

       An Iberia Airbus A340 had to make an emergency landing today by an apparent bird strike that hit the radome of the aircraft causing significant damage.

       Flight 6533 of the Spanish carrier was flying from Madrid, Spain (MAD) to San Juan, Puerto Rico but returned for an emergency landing shortly after takeoff when the incident occurred.

Details are still emerging, but reports say there were no injuries and the airliner made a safe landing.

An A340 of the Iberia's feet

source: aviationispector.com

News: Agni Air - Dornier 228 crash in Nepal 15 people perished

The Plane that crashed 9N-AIG(photo:Courtesy of JetPhotos.net)

     A plane carrying 21 people on board had crashed in Nepal leaving only 6 survivors with 2 of them being infants.The plane had crashed around 9:45 local time as it was trying to land again at Jomson airport after a failed go-around possibly due to strong winds.Police spokesman Binod Singh told the AFP news that "The plane had hit a muddy slope and is now burried in the side of the hill".Himalayas range is considered among the most difficult and dangerous places in the world to fly planes especially the small ones that are being used to transfer tourists,trekkers-mountaineers and locals among the small villages around the nepalese area.Last year 19 people were killed when a plane carrying tourists to view Mount Everest crashed outside Kathmandu.It is not the first time that Agni Air had a crash of that kind,in 2010 another dornier 228 in a flight between Kathmandu,Nepal and the infamous Lukla Airport(a.k.a Tenzing-Hillary airport named after the famous Everest mountaineers) crashed around half an hour after take off.The accident was attributed to severe weather and mechanical problems with the aircraft as well as spatial disorientation following the loss of a flight instrument leaving all 14 people on board dead.

Update: Sukhoi Superjet 100 crash at Indonesia

 Above:Images from the crash site(click to enlarge)

   
      As rescue teams still collect dead bodies and remains from the crash site more details emerge such as that the plane was being flown from one of the Russia s best test pilots  Alexander Yablontsev and that the accident was caused possibly by CFIT(controlled flight into terrain) due to bad weather and flight planning.Because rescue was also hampered due to bad weather it is proposed that the pilot was showing off the planes capabilities to journalists and misjudged his altitude due to the fog and low visibility conditions and possibly descended too much for the plane's safety and integrity.News emerge also about the mountains attitude and rage against planes flying close to it.Three people were killed in a crash of a training aircraft not long before the SSJ-100 accident,18 people were killed in a crash of an Indonesian Air Force military plane in 2008, five people were killed in crashes of a small aircraft in June 2004, two in April 2004, seven in October 2003 and finally one in October 2002.Search for the black boxes which will shed light into the causes of the crash,will continue tomorrow.Still as well the total number of passengers is disputed between 45-48 on board the plane.More to come stay tuned!

News: Brand New Sukhoi Russian Passenger Plane crashed on Demonstration In Indonesia All feared DEAD

Crash Site in the hillside of Mount Salak,Indonesia

        Russian's aviation industry received a serious blow yesterday when news broke out that a brand new Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed in a demonstration flight with 45 people on board in the hills of a volcano in Indonesia,West Java.This was the second demonstration flight of this aircraft at that day with representatives from many airlines such as Aviastar Mandiri,Batavia Air,Pelita Air Service and Sriwijaya Air.The last contact the  Air Traffic Control had with the aircraft was when the crew requested a decent to 6.000ft(1.800m).The mountain hill that the plane had crashed is up to 2.200m,so early speculations are that the crash was due to bad planing and possibly weather as well that lead to it crash at speeds of up to 800km/h almost vertically to the hillside making search efforts looking totally hopeless.As we can see from the picture above almost nothing can be positively identified as a part from the plane suggesting the high rate of speed that the plane has hit the mountain.As i mentioned in the start of this thread this is a serious blow to Russia as it tries to prove that it can still create passenger planes even 20 years after the fall of communism in the country.The plane involved was undertaking a demonstration tour called "Welcome to Asia!" throughout Central and Southeast Asia,having previously visited Kazakhstan,Pakistan and Myanmar,have not crashed it would have gone to Laos and Vietnam as well for demonstration.At the time of the crash the company had 42 orders of the type from Indonesia,170 in total and was planning to produce up to 1,000 planes.Experts have criticised the aircraft on some minor counts, but there was never any real doubt about its safety or performance.
The Superjet made its maiden flight in April 2011. Since then, it has experienced some minor failures mainly associated with the landing gear.e then, it has experienced some minor failures mainly associated with the landing gear.Stay tuned...

The aircraft type involved SSJ-100