► On 5th May 2019, the Aeroflot Flight 1492 was carrying out a passenger flight from Moscow-Sheremetyevo to Murmansk ,Russia .
► The Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft was struck by Lightning while climbing through FL89 . Due to the lightening, the aircraft suffered an electrical failure and returned to Sheremetyevo for an emergency landing.
► The aircraft bounced on landing and touched down hard, causing the landing gear to collapse, which spilled out fuel from the wings.
► A fire erupted that engulfed the rear of the aircraft, killing 41 of the 78 occupants.
Model : Russian-built Sukhoi Superjet 100.
MSN : 95135.
Registration : RA-89098.
Date of delivery to Aeroflot : 27 September 2017.
FH/FC : 2,710 flight hours and 1,658 cycles .
Cabin Config : 87 passenger seats (12 business and 75 economy).
Flight 1492 took off from runway 24C at Sheremetyevo international airport bound for Murmansk Airport , Russia on 5th May 2019 at 15:03UTC.
At 15:08 UTC, the aircraft was climbing through FL89 when it was struck by lightning. The primary radio and autopilot became inoperative and the flight control mode degraded.
After taking manual control of the aircraft, the transponder code was changed to 7600 (to indicate radio failure) at 15:09 UTC and subsequently to 7700 (emergency) at 15:26 UTC .
Through the secondary radio (VHF2), the crew made a pan-pan call on the emergency frequency and stopped further climbing at FL106.
The aircraft was guided towards Sheremetyevo by ATC for an overweight landing , in excess of 1.6 tonnes (3,500 lb) over the MLW.
The wind was blowing from 190 degrees at 30 knots (15 m/s). Between 1,100 feet (340 m) and 900 feet (270 m) AGL, the predictive windshear warning sounded repeatedly: "GO-AROUND, WINDSHEAR AHEAD".
The crew did not acknowledge this warning. The aircraft made simultaneous ground contact with all three landing gears. The aircraft lifted off the ground before the reverse door cycle was completed and reverse thrust did not activate.
The second touchdown occurred two seconds after the first, nose-first, at a speed of 155 knots (287 km/h) and with a vertical load of 5.85 g.
The main landing gear weak links sheared ,the landing gear collapsed, penetrating the wing, and fuel spilled out of the wing tanks. A fire erupted, engulfing the wings, rear fuselage and empennage.
An evacuation was carried out from the front passenger doors and their slides were deployed. The first officer used the escape rope to climb out of a cockpit window. The rear half of the aircraft was destroyed by the fire, which was extinguished about 45 minutes after landing.
Five crew and 73 passengers were onboard on the aircraft. Out of that Forty passengers and the flight attendant seated in the rear of the aircraft were killed.
