SuperJet Blackbox Shows No System Malfunctions

Bethany Whitfield

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 10:47 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Preliminary analysis of the Sukhoi SuperJet 100 cockpit voice recorder showed no aircraft system malfunctions and confirmed that terrain warning systems were operative, issuing warnings to the crew.
Investigators are still searching for the flight data recorder and working to understand why the crew requested to descend to a lower altitude in mountainous terrain shortly before the crash.
The demonstration flight crash, which killed all 45 people aboard, threatens the commercial future of the SuperJet 100, Russia's first modern civil jet in two decades.

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Preliminary analysis of the cockpit voice recorder from the** Sukhoi SuperJet 100 that crashed into the side of a volcano** in Indonesia two weeks ago showed no sign of aircraft system malfunctions, according to a statement released by the aircraft manufacturer.

United Aircraft Corporation, the parent company of Sukhoi, went on to say the CVR data showed that the aircraft’s terrain and collision avoidance system was operative and issued the appropriate warnings to the crew regarding the aircraft’s dangerously low altitude.