Aircraft
Indonesia Issues Safety Recommendations on Sukhoi Jet
The pilots of Superjet MSN 95004 asked for permission to descend to 6,000 feet from 10,000 feet before the airplane crashed into a mountainside.
The pilots of Superjet MSN 95004 asked for permission to descend to 6,000 feet from 10,000 feet before the airplane crashed into a mountainside.

Even though its investigation is ongoing, the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) issued five safety recommendations on June 26, relating to the May 9 crash this year of a Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional airliner on a demonstration flight from Jakarta. All 45 people aboard were killed when the aircraft slammed into the side of a hill near Mt. Salak shortly after takeoff.