Authorities Blame Pilots, Indonesian ATC for Superjet Crash
From l to r, Pavel Vlasov, head of Gromov’s Flight Test Institute; Yuri Slyusar, Russia's deputy minister for industry and trade; Igor Vinogradov, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft vice president; and Alexander Donchenko, head of the ARMAC aviation authority, convened in Moscow to help shed light on the May 9 fatal crash of a Sukhoi Superjet in Indonesia. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
From l to r, Pavel Vlasov, head of Gromov’s Flight Test Institute; Yuri Slyusar, Russia's deputy minister for industry and trade; Igor Vinogradov, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft vice president; and Alexander Donchenko, head of the ARMAC aviation authority, convened in Moscow to help shed light on the May 9 fatal crash of a Sukhoi Superjet in Indonesia. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

So-called human factors and a series of small technical snags in the Indonesian air traffic control system led to the crash of Sukhoi Superjet 100 S/N 95004 on May 9 outside Jakarta, in which 45 people died, according to a final accident report released Tuesday by Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee. Investigators have concluded that the cockpit crew of the ill-fated demonstration flight, unaware of the mountainous area surrounding their flight path, disregarded an alert from the airplane’s Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS).

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