Accidents
FDR from Destroyed Superjet Found
Indonesian crews have found the FDR from the SSJ100 that crashed on May 9.
A Sukhoi SSJ100 performing Cat IIIA landing tests in Keflavik, Iceland, landed with its gear retracted Sunday. (Photo: Superjet International)
A Sukhoi SSJ100 performing Cat IIIA landing tests in Keflavik, Iceland, landed with its gear retracted Sunday. (Photo: Superjet International)

Search crews Wednesday evening found the flight data recorder from the Sukhoi Superjet 100-95 that crashed on May 9 into a cliff near Indonesia’s Mount Salak, some 60 miles south of Jakarta. All forty-five occupants died in the crash.

An Indonesian recovery team found the FDR from SSJ100 S/N 95004 about a kilometer (0.62 miles) from the site of the collision. Indonesia’s Investigation Commission of the National Committee for Transport Safety (KNKT) took possession of the device Thursday morning and has begun its inspection in the presence of officials from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC). According to a statement issued by Sukhoi, the FDR withstood the impact “essentially” undamaged.