Gazpromavia Flight 9608

On 12 July 2024, a Sukhoi Superjet 100 operated by Gazpromavia as Gazpromavia Flight 9608 crashed during a ferry flight from Tretyakovo Airport to Vnukovo International Airport. All three crew members were killed.

Accident
The plane was operating a ferry and test flight from the Lukhovitsy Aviation Plant after some maintenance. Four minutes after take off the plane made its last contact with the air traffic controller, and reached its maximum altitude of about 900 m. The plane crashed 7 minutes after take off, about 80 km south-east of its destination airport, near the city of Kolomna, in a wooded area killing all three crew members on board, namely two pilots and a flight engineer, all of whom were employees of Sukhoi. According to Novaya Gazeta, the plane sent a distress signal and circled to burn fuel preparing to perform an emergency landing, before crashing. According to sources cited by Izvestia, the probable cause of the crash were malfunctioning angle of attack sensors installed during maintenance. This is the fifth hull loss and third fatal accident of the Superjet since its introduction in 2011.

Aircraft
The aircraft involved was a Sukhoi Superjet 100-95LR, MSN 95078, and registered as RA-89049. The aircraft was manufactured in 2014 and the flight consisted of three crew members, composed by Captain Evgeniy Bulavko, First officer Vladislav Kharlamov and Flight engineer Maxim Lukmanov.

Investigation
The investigation will be carried out by the Interstate Aviation Committee. On the evening of 12 July, both flight recorders were found.