A terrible tragedy occurred at Sheremetyevo Airport (Moscow). Forty-one people were killed. My sincere condolences to the families and loved ones of those who died. A state commission must investigate the causes of what happened, and I hope that its work—and the results of that work—will be transparent. However, it is already clear that blaming the passengers for what happened (grabbing their luggage, panicking) is immoral. Have you seen the footage from inside the cabin? Who can be sure they would remain calm when they see raging flames through the window? I think it is also appropriate now to say a few words about the Sukhoi Superjet. I will say only what I know as someone who served on the board of directors of Aeroflot for a year. 1. The Superjets were forced on Aeroflot by the state. The company would never have bought them under market conditions and real competition. 2. It is a very unfinished, immature aircraft. It was important for the authorities to prove: look, under Putin we managed to build an airplane. Enormous sums were spent on the project. A significant portion of that money was stolen. 3. Because of constant breakdowns and a lack of spare parts, the Superjets were repeatedly grounded and generated nothing but losses for Aeroflot. 4. Statistics on Superjet malfunctions were concealed from the general public. Even board members were given a little sheet with the data at meetings, and then it was immediately taken back. Obviously, no one explicitly explained this in political terms, but it was clear: the statistics were being hidden for reasons of prestige. The new Russian aircraft of the Putin era was not supposed to look bad. To clarify: there was nothing especially villainous about it. Serious incidents and so on were not concealed. It was all treated as commercial secrecy, nothing more. If we disclose the statistics, the Superjets will sell poorly. As we now know, that tactic did not work anyway. All foreign buyers abandoned the Superjet regardless. But if the full malfunction statistics had been disclosed, we all would have known much earlier: the Superjet is an unfinished aircraft that is not fit for full commercial operation. (To be continued in the first comment)