Russian regional carrier Yamal Airlines will cancel a planned purchase of 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft, a day after one of the commuter jets operated by Aeroflot fatally crash-landed at Moscows Sheremetyevo Airport.
Yamal announced its decision on Monday, after Russias transport minister declined to ground the aircraft in response to the accident.
Yamals decision to drop the plane is said to be unconnected to Sundays accident. General Director Vasily Kryuk told Russian news agency TASS that servicing costs on the narrow-body Superjet 100 are too high.
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A Superjet 100 belonging to Aeroflot crash-landed in a blaze of fire and smoke at Moscows Sheremetyevo International Airport on Sunday. The plane had departed Sheremetyevo for Murmansk, but pilots declared an emergency on board and returned to Moscow, with the plane bursting into flames upon a hard landiRead More
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