Aviation Incident with Sukhoi Superjet 100 during Test Flights on Expanding Operational Conditions

Today, July 21, 2013, at 05.25 local time at Keflavik International Airport (Reykjavik, Iceland) an aviation incident with Sukhoi Superjet 100 tail number 97005 took place.

At the final stage of test flights to evaluate Sukhoi Superjet 100 performance of automatic landing system to execute CAT III A with strong crosswind conditions as part of additional certification trials on expanding operational conditions as well as imitation of landing with one engine failure the aircraft has touched the runway with retracted landing gear.

There were five people on board: three crew members, two certification center experts. No victims as a result of the incident occurred. One of the experts damaged his leg during evacuation procedures.

At the time of the incident all aircraft systems were functioning normally. Based on SCAC preliminary estimation the aircraft will be restored and returned back to test flights program.