2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash

2012 aviation accident in Indonesia <noinclude><noinclude>July 2014 January 2020 2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crashSukhoi Civil Aircraft Flight 36801 2012 Mount Salak Sukhoi Superjet crash site - 1.jpg The eastern face of Mount Salak, showing where the aircraft impacted the slope Accident 2012 05 09 y Controlled flight into terrain due to pilot error and loss of situational awareness Mount Salak, Indonesia 6 42 45 S 106 44 5 E type:event_region:ID-JB it SukhoiSuperjet 100-95 97004 Ramenskoye 2011-8-12.png 97004, the aircraft involved in the accident, photographed in 2011 Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 Sukhoi 97004 Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia Halim Perdanakusuma Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia 45 37 8 45 0 RA36801 On 9 May 2012, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Flight 36801, a Sukhoi Superjet 100 airliner on a demonstration tour in Indonesia crashed into Mount Salak, in the province of West Java. All 37 passengers and 8 crew on board were killed. The plane had taken off minutes before from Jakarta's Halim Airport on a promotional flight for the recently launched jet, and was carrying Sukhoi personnel and representatives of various local airlines.http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8465016/jet-with-50-aboard-missing-in-indonesia No survivors in Indonesia plane crash Salna Karlis 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120719015952/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8465016/jet-with-50-aboard-missing-in-indonesia 19 July 2012 9 News The subsequent investigation concluded that the flight crew was unaware of the presence of high ground in the area and ignored warnings from the terrain warning system, incorrectly attributing them to a system malfunction while their view was obstructed because of thick cloud cover.https://flightsafety.org/asw-article/what-you-dont-see/ Ed Brotak What You Don't See Six "AVOID TERRAIN" warnings followed. The pilots apparently looked out and saw only clouds. They were not aware of any mountainous terrain and so turned off the TAWS. 27 July 2015 Flight Safety Foundation 7 May 2018 It was also established that in the minutes leading to the accident, the crew, including the captain, were engaged in conversation with prospective customers present in the cockpit. http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/SuperJet_Pilots_Blamed_207862-1.html Superjet Pilots Blamed For Indonesia Crash 20 December 2012 Niles Russ 18 December 2012 AVweb 3 June 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130603071017/http://www.avweb.com/avwebbiz/news/SuperJet_Pilots_Blamed_207862-1.html dead The crash was both the first hull loss and the first fatal accident involving a Sukhoi Superjet 100. Background Aircraft The aircraft involved in the accident was a Sukhoi Superjet 100, registration 97004,RRJ-95 c/n 95004 https://www.scramble.nl/database/soviet/details/157_75430 2016-06-18 Scramble Soviet Database msn 95004. The aircraft was manufactured in 2009 and had accumulated over 800 flight hours at the time of the accident.Crash: Sukhoi SU95 over Indonesia on May 9th 2012, aircraft impacted mountain Hradecky, Simon http://avherald.com/h?article=44f464f7 The Aviation Herald Avherald.com 9 May 2012 10 May 2012 The Superjet 100 is the first production airliner model produced in Russia since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.Bigg Claire Critical Report Adds To Russian Superjet's Woes https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-aeroflot-superjet-problems/24896698.html 22 November 2021 Demonstration tour The jet was flying as part of a "Welcome Asia!" demonstration tour. With a different jet, a demo flight had been flown successfully in Kazakhstan, but when the tour moved to Pakistan, potential buyers could see the aircraft only on the runway as no flight took place, reportedly due to a technical glitch. A leak in a 'nozzle in the engine' was found in this plane on the way to Myanmar, according to Alexander Tulyakov, vice-president of the United Aircraft Corporation, and it returned to Moscow. The aircraft involved in the accident was then flown in as a replacement to continue the tour. It had been scheduled to visit Laos and Vietnam.Sukhoi SuperJet 100 Vanishes Over Indonesia Carrying Russia's Aviation Hopes Johanson, Mark https://www.ibtimes.com/articles/339123/20120509/sukhoi-superjet-100-russia-aviation-industry.htm?page=2 International Business Times International Business Times.com 9 May 2012 10 May 2012 At the time of the crash, Sukhoi had 42 orders of the type from Indonesia, 170 in total, and was hoping to produce up to 1,000 aircraft.Indonesians find wreckage of missing Russian plane https://www.smh.com.au/world/indonesians-find-wreckage-of-missing-russian-plane-20120510-1ydw4.html The Sydney Morning Herald 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 Mount Salak thumb|A view of Mount Salak from Bogor Mount Salak In the decade between 2002 and 2012, there were seven aviation crashes in the area of Mount Salak. 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 aircraft in 2008; five people were killed in a crash in June 2004, two in April 2004, seven in October 2003, and one in October 2002.ru:В районе индонезийской горы Салак за последние 10 лет произошло уже 7 авиакатастроф There has been seven crashes in the area of Indonesia's Mount Salak in the last 10 years Shirokov, Andrey http://www.itar-tass.com/c359/413851.html Information Telegraph Agency of Russia Itar-tass.com ru 10 May 2012 13 May 2012 The Jakarta Post has dubbed Mount Salak "an airplane graveyard".Mt. Salak: An airplane graveyard https://web.archive.org/web/20120512212536/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/10/mt-salak-an-airplane-graveyard.html 12 May 2012 thejakartapost.com High turbulence and fast-changing weather conditions of the mountainous terrain are cited as contributing factors to multiple aviation crashes in the area. Accident Indonesia 1 right Location of crash site in Indonesia Indonesia -6.4304 106.4440 Cross.svg top thumbnail|240px|The flight path of 97004 thumb|The trajectory of the flight At 14:00 local time (07:00 UTC),Russian passenger jet reported missing in Indonesia https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18004097 BBC News BBC 9 May 2012 9 May 2012 the SSJ-100 departed from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport for a local demonstration flight, and was due to return to the departure point. This was the second demonstration flight the aircraft was operating that day.Russian plane missing in Indonesia https://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/09/world/asia/indonesia-plane/index.html CNN 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 There were six crew, two representatives from Sukhoi and 37 passengers on board. Amongst the passengers were representatives from Aviastar Mandiri, Batavia Air, Pelita Air Service and Sriwijaya Air.https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20120509-0 97004 Accident description Ranter Harro aviation-safety.net Aviation Safety Network 9 May 2012 At 14:26 (07:26 UTC), the crew requested permission to descend from 10000 ft m to 6000 ft m, and this was granted. Two minutes later, the crew requested and were approved to "orbit to the right." This was the last contact that Air Traffic Control had with the aircraft, which was then about 75 nmi mi km south of Jakarta, in the vicinity of 7254 ft m mid -high Mount Salak, a mountain higher than the requested flight level. Four minutes after beginning the orbit, the aircraft's Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System sent out a single "Terrain Ahead, Pull Up" audio alert, warning the crew that their predicted flight path would require a climb to avoid terrain. Immediately after, the warning changed to an "Avoid Terrain" message, which is triggered when the aircraft would also need to be turned to avoid oncoming terrain. While the latter message sounded repeatedly, the pilots briefly discussed the warning and disabled it, believing it to be a problem with the system's terrain database. Less than 30 seconds later, the airplane's aural warning system sounded a "Gear Not Down" alert, which is independent of the EGPWS and signifies the aircraft being too close to the ground without its landing gear lowered. The captain then disengaged the autopilot and put the airplane into a slight nose-up attitude; this was not consistent with an evasive maneuver, and the reason for this input was not conclusively determined. The captain tells the first officer that the autopilot is off, and impact with terrain occurred two seconds later, at 14:33 local time (07:33 UTC). A ground-and-air search for the aircraft was initiated, but was called off as night fell. On 10 May (the following day) at 09:00 (02:00 UTC), the wreckage of the Sukhoi Superjet was found on Mount Salak.November 2020 It is only known that the aircraft had been flying on a clockwise flightpath around the mountain, towards Jakarta, before the crash.Indonesia searchers find missing Russia jet wreckage https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18015534 BBC News BBC 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 Preliminary reports indicated that the aircraft had hit the edge of a cliff at an elevation of 6270 ft m, slid down a slope and came to rest at an elevation of 5200 ft m. The site of the accident was not accessible by air and no rescuers had reached the site by nightfall on 10 May. Multiple groups of rescue personnel attempted to reach the wreckage on foot. Victims Nationality Passengers Crew TotalIndonesia 35 - 35Russia- 8 8United States 1 - 1France 1 - 1 Total 37 8 45 Most of the passengers were journalists and prospective clients.Last pictures of crashed Russian plane emerge MacKinnon, Ian https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/indonesia/9257601/Last-pictures-of-crashed-Russian-plane-emerge.html The Daily Telegraph 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 The 45 people on board included 14 people from the Indonesian airline Sky Aviation, Captain Aan Husdiana (Director of Operations for Kartika Airlines) and five reporters, Dody Aviantara (journalist) and Didik Nur Yusuf (photographer) from Angkasa aviation magazine, Ismiati Soenarto and Aditya Sukardi of Trans TV and Femi Adi of the American Bloomberg News.Latest List Shows 45 People Aboard Crashed Sukhoi Jet http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/latest-list-shows-45-people-aboard-crashed-sukhoi-jet/517108 The Jakarta Globe TheJakartalobe.com 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120514041947/http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/news/latest-list-shows-45-people-aboard-crashed-sukhoi-jet/517108 14 May 2012 An accomplished and experienced pilot, Peter Adler held a US passport, acting as a consultant and a passenger on the flight;Sriwijaya Air: Peter Adler Bukan Karyawan, Hanya Konsultan https://news.detik.com/read/2012/05/09/191840/1913416/10/sriwijaya-air-peter-adler-bukan-karyawan-hanya-konsultan?9922022 Detik News Detik.com 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 according to Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk, the head of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft, two Italians and one French citizen of Vietnamese descent were also on board.http://in.reuters.com/article/indonesia-sukhoi-idINDEE84902E20120510 https://web.archive.org/web/20181123180338/https://in.reuters.com/article/indonesia-sukhoi-idINDEE84902E20120510 dead 23 November 2018 No survivors found after Russian plane crashes in Indonesia Rondonuwu, Olivia Reuters Reuters.com 11 May 2012 11 May 2012 The captain of the jet was Alexander Yablontsev (57), a former Russian combat pilot, test pilot, and cosmonaut.https://www.beritasatu.com/nasional/47467/alexander-yablontsev-pilot-pertama-dan-terakhir-superjet-100 Alexander Yablontsev, Pilot Pertama dan Terakhir Superjet 100 beritasatu.com 10 May 2012 id Alexander Yablontsev, First and Last Pilot of the Superjet 100 2020-01-04 He had been involved in the Buran space program, and was the pilot for the first flight of Superjet 100 in 2008.ru:Пилот разбившегося в Индонезии "Суперджета" Александр Яблонцев считал эту машину одной из лучших в мире The pilot who crashed the "Superjet" in Indonesia, Alexander Yablontsev, thought the aircraft of one of the best in the world http://news.mail.ru/incident/8904693/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131014100810/http://news.mail.ru/incident/8904693/ dead 14 October 2013 News.mail.ru ru 10 May 2012 13 May 2012 Hendrickx Bart https://books.google.com/books?id=VRb1yAGVWNsC&q=Alexander+Yablontsev+cosmonaut&pg=PA485 Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle Vis Bert 2007-12-05 Springer Science & Business Media 978-0-387-73984-7 enHall Rex D. https://books.google.com/books?id=zk_MkKERUokC&q=Alexander+Yablontsev+cosmonaut&pg=PA186 Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center David Shayler Vis Bert 2007-10-05 Springer Science & Business Media 978-0-387-73975-5 en The first officer was Alexander Kotchetkov (44) and the flight navigator was Oleg Shvetsov (51).https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/pictures/videos/pictures/wreckage-of-missing-russian-sukhoi-superjet-100-found/captain-pilot-alexander-yablontsev-and-first-officer-alexander-kotchetkov/articleshowpics/13077515.cms Captain pilot Alexander Yablontsev and first officer Alexander Kotchetkov India Times Economictimes.inditimes.com 10 May 2012 11 May 2012 Investigation One day after the crash, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev set up a commission to investigate the cause of the accident.May 20232012-05-10 Russian Airliner Wreckage Found; No Survivors https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/05/russian-airliner-wreckage-found-no-survivors 2025-11-07 ABC News According to the National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC), the Indonesian agency for the investigation of civil aircraft accidents, analysis of the crash would take up to 12 months.ru:Расследование причин катастрофы Sukhoi Superjet-100 займет до года The investigation of the causes of the Sukhoi Superjet-100 disaster will take up to a year http://lenta.ru/news/2012/05/11/invest/ Lenta.ru ru 11 May 2012 10 May 2012 On 15 May 2012, it was reported in the local media that the Indonesian government had turned down Russia's request to send back the flight data recorder, stating that Indonesian investigators would determine the cause of the crash, while Russian experts would provide support only.Indonesia to solely probe black box https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2012-05/15/content_15297196.htm China Daily chinadaily.com.cn 15 May 2012 15 May 2012 The cockpit voice recorder was found on 15 May 2012 at a distance of 200 m ft from the tail section.Kotarumalos Ali Damaged black box key to Russian jet crash mystery https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0516/Damaged-black-box-key-to-Russian-jet-crash-mystery Associated Press Christian Science Monitor 16 May 2012 16 May 2012 Contributed to by Nataliya Vasilyeva in Moscow The flight data recorder was found on 31 May 2012ru:Найден параметрический регистратор разбившегося SSJ-100 в Индонезии The flight data recorder of Superjet-100 crashed in Indonesia found http://ria.ru/inquest/20120531/661170872.html RIA Novosti ru 31 May 2012 31 May 2012 РИА Новости also at a distance of 200 metres from the tail section.Kusumadewi Anggi etal 4 June 2012 Warga Penemu FDR Sukhoi Terima Penghargaan id Citizen Founder of FDR Sukhoi Receives Award VIVAnews http://nasional.vivanews.com/news/read/320469-warga-penemu-fdr-sukhoi-terima-penghargaan dead 5 June 2012 https://archive.today/20130210052650/http://nasional.vivanews.com/news/read/320469-warga-penemu-fdr-sukhoi-terima-penghargaan 10 February 2013 The Indonesian NTSC had released their preliminary report, which listed factual findings but did not attempt to determine the cause of the accident.NTSC Preliminary Aircraft Accident Investigation Report, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, Sukhoi RRJ–95B; 97004 http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/pre/Preliminary_Report_97004_Released.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130731192214/http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/pre/Preliminary_Report_97004_Released.pdf 31 July 2013 National Transportation Safety Committee According to sources within the investigating committee, the aircraft was in full working order and the incident was ascribed to human error.20 September 2012 Russia Admits Guilt of SSJ Crew for Indonesia Crash Kommersant RIA Novosti http://en.ria.ru/papers/20120920/176084875.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130506025548/http://en.ria.ru/papers/20120920/176084875.html 6 May 2013http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10782285/human-error-behind-russias-ssj-100-may-crash-in-indonesia Human error behind Russia's SSJ-100 May crash in Indonesia dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121124225325/http://www.aviationpros.com/news/10782285/human-error-behind-russias-ssj-100-may-crash-in-indonesia 24 November 2012 The final report was released 18 December 2012.NTSC Final Aircraft Accident Investigation Report, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company, Sukhoi RRJ–95B; 97004 http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report_97004_Release.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130123112752/http://www.dephub.go.id/knkt/ntsc_aviation/baru/Final%20Report_97004_Release.pdf 23 January 2013 National Transportation Safety Committee Crash investigators determined that the plane's terrain warning system had been functioning correctly and had warned the pilots about the impending collision with the mountain. The pilots, however, turned the system off, believing that it was malfunctioning, even though their view of the surrounding area was obstructed by thick cloud cover. Furthermore, the pilots were distracted by conversation on the flight deck unrelated to flying the plane, which contributed to their failure to notice that the plane was in danger. The investigation also found that the pilots were unaware of the terrain in the area because they lacked the proper charts for the area. A contributing factor was the lack of a Minimum Safe Altitude Warning System at the airport and the air traffic controller being too overworked to notice the impending crash.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-indonesia-sukhoi-idUKBRE8BH0H820121218 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031916/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-indonesia-sukhoi-idUKBRE8BH0H820121218 dead 5 March 2016 Indonesia blames pilot, radar for Russian Sukhoi crash 18 December 2012 Reuters 7 January 2013 Aftermath thumb|Mural in Solo commemorating the accident Sky Aviation, an Indonesian air carrier, delayed the delivery of 12 Superjet 100s following the accident.Sky Aviation delays its Sukhoi order http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/15/sky-aviation-delays-its-sukhoi-orders.html 25 May 2012 The Jakarta Post 15 May 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120520025812/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/15/sky-aviation-delays-its-sukhoi-orders.html 20 May 2012 Arifin Seman, the commissioner of Kartika Airlines, another domestic Indonesian carrier, went on record to say that the delivery of 30 Superjet 100s, which his company had ordered, would likely be delayed following the crash.Kartika Airlines may delay Sukhoi aircraft delivery http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/10/kartika-airlines-may-delay-sukhoi-aircraft-delivery.html The Jakarta Post 25 May 2012 10 May 2012 An executive of Indonesian domestic carrier PT Kartika Airlines says that the delivery of 30 Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft that his company ordered will likely be delayed following the plane crash on Wednesday night. Arifin Seman, the commissioner of the Jakarta-based Kartika Airlines, said late on Wednesday that his office would give the Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi a chance to investigate the cause of the incident. The first delivery of the Sukhoi aircraft was scheduled for September this year. dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120512215559/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/10/kartika-airlines-may-delay-sukhoi-aircraft-delivery.html 12 May 2012 Several days later, however, the same source published Sky Aviation's statement in which they declared that they were not going to cancel the contract. Moreover, Sky Aviation's general manager for promotion, Sutito Zainuddin, added that "the additional 100-seat planes would be needed to connect major cities in Indonesia, particularly Jakarta".http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/16/sky-aviation-s-exec-denies-sukhoi-s-purchase-cancellation.html Sky Aviation's exec denies Sukhoi's purchase cancellation The Jakarta Post 16 May 2012 20 December 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120911193147/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/05/16/sky-aviation-s-exec-denies-sukhoi-s-purchase-cancellation.html 11 September 2012 Mexico's Interjet Board chairman Miguel Alemаn Velasco said the crash had no influence on the company's desire to purchase additional Superjets.May 2023 Russian airline Aeroflot and Armenian Armavia were the only two operators of the SSJ-100 at the time of the crash, but had not suspended operations of the type.Показательный полет Demonstration flight http://lenta.ru/articles/2012/05/10/air/ Lenta.ru 10 May 2012 10 May 2012 Armavia said that it would continue negotiations over the purchase of another Superjet 100 for its fleet, but the airline ceased operations later in 2013.http://mir24.tv/news/economy/4940719 ru:«Армавиа» продолжит переговоры о покупке второго самолета SuperJet-100 10 May 2012 mir24.tv dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120514011629/http://mir24.tv/news/economy/4940719 14 May 2012 ru Armavia will continue negotiations on the purchase of a second SuperJet-100 aircraft In popular culture The documentary television series Mayday covered the accident in the 2018 episode "Deadly Display".Mayday - Air Crash Investigation (S01-S22) https://archive.org/details/mayday-aci 2024-02-16 See also Sterile flight deck rule References 30em Further reading Soejatman, Gerry. "SSJ100 Accident: Reflections After a Week." (Archive) The Jakarta Globe. 22 May 2012. External links Russian passenger jet crashes on Indonesian demonstration flight Indonesians retrieve missing recorder from crashed Russian jet National Transportation Safety Committee Final report (Archive), 18 December 2012 Preliminary report (Archive) "Media Release KNKT.12.05.09.04". (Archive) 18 December 2012. "Media Release KNKT.12.05.09.04". (Archive) 18 December 2012. id Immediate Recommendation Aircraft Accident Investigation of a Sukhoi RRJ-95B aircraft Registered 97004 operated by Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company at Mount Salak, West Java on 9 May 2012 (Archive) SuperJet International Initial announcement (Archive) "Statement from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company:." (Archive) "РАССЛЕДОВАНИЕ КРУШЕНИЯ SUKHOI SUPERJET-100." 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