A race to beat competition has nothing to do with this plane. It first flew 11 years ago.
Take each crash on a case by case basis. And this was a domestic flight. Fair. I just happened to have done some reading up on China, Brazil, and Russia’s aspirations to compete with Boeing and Airbus. Mind you, these are still *aspirations* at this point, not realities.
But there’s no denying there are general trends in global aviation culture which are alarming. It’s like we’ve all gone Soviet in our standards but under capitalist auspices.
“The Sukhoi Superjet-100 was the first civilian aircraft developed in the country’s post-Soviet era.
At the time of its launch, in 2011, it was a source of national pride and seen as one of Putin’s pet projects.
But numerous technical problems with the plane have been reported in recent years and Russia has struggled to convince foreign carriers to purchase it.
The government offered subsidies to encourage Russian airlines to buy the Superjet and Aeroflot has became its main operator.
In September 2018, it announced a record order of 100 Superjet-100s.
After the tragedy some suggested that Russia may be better off abandoning the Sukhoi Superjet altogether.” - AP/yahoo.com