# Sukhoi Superjet 100 Down **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388 "2012-05-09T13:34:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388/1 "2012-05-09T13:34:57Z")
[Linky](http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/09/world/asia/indonesia-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1) The newest Sukhoi passenger jet was in Indonesia for a sales trip. It seems to have crashed with 44 passengers aboard. The sales team is not at all happy, I would suppose. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388/2 "2012-05-09T14:25:39Z")
Wow…it looks bad-brand new jet from a company that never made civilian aircraft. Maybe too much vodka the night before? ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388/3 "2012-05-09T14:42:56Z")
The NYT article on the subject noted that previously, the plant that built the jet was discovered to have 70 engineers that bought their degrees - but of course the company hastily assured everyone that those employees had nothing to do with the design process. Uh huh. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388/4 "2012-05-10T15:28:05Z")
Yesterday an article said the last communication from the plane was a request to descend from 10,000 to 6,000 feet. Today [CNN reports wreckage has been found at 5,800 feet on the side of a volcano](http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/10/world/asia/indonesia-plane-crash/index.html?hpt=hp_t2). So it sounds like it wasn’t a mechanical failure – looks like they picked the wrong time to descend to 6,000 feet, to paraphrase _Airplane!_. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388/5 "2012-05-10T15:31:39Z")
The jet was on a regional PR promotion. They’d just come from Burma, and the next stop was Laos. A new Lao budget carrier called Lao Central Airlines ordered three of these planes in 2010 for delivery later this year. Hope they haven’t paid for them yet! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388/6 "2012-05-10T15:42:21Z")
They might want to lower the price before shopping it around again ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sukhoi-superjet-100-down/621388/7 "2012-05-10T15:42:27Z")
You sort of have to think the people who could have signed off on the deal were the ones on the airplane.