1,379 technical incidents: Russian Superjet enters a dive. God bless you! Another Superjet, so praised by the Russian authorities, issued an emergency signal in the air. On October 29, an Azimuth flight board from Yerevan to Mineralnye Vody broadcast code 7700, circled over the airport, and returned to land. Four days earlier, a cargo hold fire alarm went off on a Rossiya Airlines Superjet flying to Arkhangelsk. The plane, fortunately, landed safely. Two reports of emergencies within five days - and this is just the latest news. The Russian press investigated published statistics on technical incidents with the Superjet and official reports from Rosttransnadzor. The numbers are much more interesting than the victorious reports on import substitution. Before the war in 2021, 152 technical incidents of the Superjet were publicly reported. After the start of the war, the picture is as follows: 2022 - 182 cases, 2023 - 306, 2024 - 378, 2025 - at least 513. Over four years - at least 1,379 messages. 1,379 messages! And what broke there? Not armrests in the cabin. Over five years, 269 engine problems, 171 with landing gear, 141 with air conditioning and pressure, and 87 with navigation and radar were publicly reported. The reports include 235 different tail numbers. One Azimuth plane had 19 malfunction reports, while another had 18. But the matter is no longer limited to malfunctions. There are also fatalities. On July 12, 2024, a Gazpromavia Superjet crashed near Kolomna during a test flight after repairs. Three crew members were killed. The investigation determined that during servicing, the angle of attack sensors were installed incorrectly, and the instruments gave incorrect readings. The plane crashed after repairs! And while planes are falling and breaking down, a significant portion of the fleet remains grounded. In June 2026, 130 out of 673 aircraft of the 11 largest Russian airlines were not flying - almost 20%.

1,379 technical incidents: Russian Superjet enters a dive. God bless you! Another Superjet, so praised by the Russian authorities, issued an emergency signal in the air. On October 29, an Azimuth flight board from Yerevan to Mineralnye Vody broadcast code 7700, circled over the airport, and returned to land. Four days earlier, a cargo hold fire alarm went off on a Rossiya Airlines Superjet flying to Arkhangelsk. The plane, fortunately, landed safely. Two reports of emergencies within five days - and this is just the latest news. The Russian press investigated published statistics on technical incidents with the Superjet and official reports from Rosttransnadzor. The numbers are much more interesting than the victorious reports on import substitution. Before the war in 2021, 152 technical incidents of the Superjet were publicly reported. After the start of the war, the picture is as follows: 2022 - 182 cases, 2023 - 306, 2024 - 378, 2025 - at least 513. Over four years - at least 1,379 messages. 1,379 messages! And what broke there? Not armrests in the cabin. Over five years, 269 engine problems, 171 with landing gear, 141 with air conditioning and pressure, and 87 with navigation and radar were publicly reported. The reports include 235 different tail numbers. One Azimuth plane had 19 malfunction reports, while another had 18. But the matter is no longer limited to malfunctions. There are also fatalities. On July 12, 2024, a Gazpromavia Superjet crashed near Kolomna during a test flight after repairs. Three crew members were killed. The investigation determined that during servicing, the angle of attack sensors were installed incorrectly, and the instruments gave incorrect readings. The plane crashed after repairs! And while planes are falling and breaking down, a significant portion of the fleet remains grounded. In June 2026, 130 out of 673 aircraft of the 11 largest Russian airlines were not flying - almost 20%.