mo4ch:>550 commercial pilots suspended amid ‘serious problems’ in Russian aviation – Prosecutor General | Mo4ch News

The recent deadly crash-landing of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 was a result of the poor state of Russia’s aviation industry, with pilots lacking qualification and outdated safety regulations, the country’s Prosecutor General said.Since 2017, 550 commercial pilots have suspended and 160 flight certificates annulled in the country after prosecutorial inspections, Yury Chaika told MPs, as he appeared before parliament on Wednesday.“The issue of dedicated training of pilots still remains a pressing one,” he warned. Many aviation training centers lack qualified teachers and hardware to operate effectively. Two such centers could not properly train pilots and had to be shut own. There were also cases of aviators taking to the skies after incomplete training programs, the Prosecutor General said.The state aviation safety program hasn’t been updated in Russia since 2008 and doesn’t meet the international requirements anymore, he pointed out. There’s also no one in government specifically tasked wit…