Sukhoi Superjet makes unscheduled landing

Source Nathan Toohey at 16/03/2012

The hope of the Russian commercial air industry, the recently designed Sukhoi Superjet, has made an unscheduled landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after it experienced a problem with its landing gear. The Moscow-Astrakhan Aeroflot flight 709 had 65 passengers onboard when the pilot was alerted by warning indicator to the unclosed landing gear. The aircraft burnt off fuel and landed safely at 6 pm, RIA Novotsi reported.