Originally Posted by
FlightGear
How do makers and airlines get away with this? Surely the developmental, or pre certified, status of these aircraft prevents it from carrying pax?... and its not just the Ruskies, look at the A380 and Dreamliner....
It is certified. No point in speculating, there's no info available...could have been a terrorist bomb for all we know. In my mind that's the most likely scenario for vanishing with no radio calls...that's a glass-cockpit jet, probably has enough technology to avoid CFIT and most anything else would have afforded time for a mayday.