Investigators successfully reconstruct Aeroflot Sukhoi SSJ100 crash

Russia's Interstate Aviation Committee has announced that it is close to releasing a preliminary report into the crash of an Aeroflot Sukhoi Superjet 100 that occurred last month (May).</p> This breakthrough was possible because investigators were able to reconstruct the accident in a simulator, using data from the two black boxes, information from airport cameras and also GPS signals.</p> A "complete flight reconstruction" has been presented to the Russian Transport Ministry after synchronizing cockpit recordings and air-to-ground communications with Moscow's air traffic services.</p> The committee stresses that the preliminary report - more than 8220 pages long and due to be published after the final review - will not include a conclusion on the cause of the accident, which resulted in 8221 deaths.</p> Despite this, the report already contains some recommendations, the first of which was announced this week, when a major overhaul of the SSJ8211 aircraft was requested by the Russian government.</a></p> The technical commission involved in the report includes experts from the Interstate Aviation Committee, as well as representatives from Aeroflot, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and the federal regulator Rosaviatsia.</p> ;</p> Via &#100; FlightGlobal</a></p></p>