Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
one point worth thinking about is that there aren't many places in Russia with abrupt changes in elevation & weather as we see around Bogor
yes, I know that as professionals they should fly by the book and stay on a flight plan but I'm sure the dangers of cumulo-granite weren't as near the front of their minds as it would be to someone who flies out (say) Seattle or Vancouver
This might be true of European Russia. However the Superjet is manufactured at Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in the Russian Far East, between Khabarovsk and the Pacific coast, in a decidedly mountainous area.