Russian court upholds pilot's six-year sentence for Sheremetyevo crash

aif.ru (Russian)

A cassation court upheld the six-year prison sentence for pilot Denis Evdokimov in the 2019 Sheremetyevo SSJ 100 crash. Evdokimov, currently serving his sentence, was convicted for violating air safety rules, leading to the death of 41 people when the plane caught fire upon landing. The crash occurred after a hard landing at Sheremetyevo Airport. The pilot and his defense maintain the crash was due to aircraft design flaws. Relatives of the victims are pursuing legal action against foreign SSJ component manufacturers.


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