Friday, March 30, 2012 |

Sukhoi Tackles Superjet 100 Landing Gear Defect

By Maxim Pyadushkin, Maxim Pyadushkin .

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. plans to improve the landing gear on the entire fleet of Sukhoi Superjet 100s following two incidents of Aeroflot-operated SSJ100s that revealed broken pods on the actuator of the landing gear bay door.

The first incident took place in Minsk in December 2011. On March 16, another Aeroflot SSJ100 flying from Moscow to ...