Sukhoi was very well known for its military aircraft, but it is for the crash in Indonesia. What a bad luck! A spirit for revival of national aircraft industry is started by a tragedy. Will not a easy task to catch up with western technology to fly a machine in the sky, especially the safe one. Rusia, like China, apparently at least this time is not yet ready to create such safe plane, at least from the end-customer’s perspective. Creating an airplane is not the same like assembling a car.

Now, the tragedy has created anticlimax for Rusian aircraft industry. Experience like what Boeing and Airbus has does really matters. Indonesian government should reveal what is the cause of this accident.  Let customers understand.

Sukhoi Superjet 100 Specification:
Name : Superjet 100
Role : Regional airliner
National origin : Russia
Manufacturer :
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft
- Production Association
Designer : Sukhoi Civil Aircraft
First flight : 19 May 2008
Introduction : 21 April 2011 with Armavia
Status : In production, in service
Primary user : Aeroflot
Produced : 2007–present
Number built : 4 prototypes + 8 serial (as of Mar. 2012)
Program cost : US$1.4 billion
Unit cost : $35 million

The Superjet 100 claims substantially lower operating costs at the price of $35 million, The Superjet 100 is designed to compete internationally with its Embraer and Bombardier counterparts.