MOSCOW: Russia’s transport regulator has ordered Russian airlines to stop using the Antonov AN-148 aircraft after one crashed last month, state news agency RIA reported on Tuesday.
A Ukrainian-made AN-148 plane operated by Saratov Airlines crashed near Moscow soon after take-off on Feb. 11, killing all 71 people on board.
Russian airlines use Soviet-era Antonov and Ilyushin aircraft for its passenger transport fleet.
Russia orders airlines to stop using AN-148 aircraft
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