Moscow. The Sukhoi jet that crashed in Indonesia killing all on board was a replacement for another plane that had carried out the first part of a promotional tour, its manufacturer said on Monday.
The Sukhoi Superjet 100 — the first new passenger plane produced by Russia since the collapse of the USSR — was making an exhibition flight in Indonesia on a promotional tour to drum up business.
A Pakistani security personnel stands guard beside trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan that are parked at the Pakistan's Chaman border crossing after Pakistani authorities suspended NATO supplies on November 27, 2011 Photo: AFP
Pakistan said it was time to "move on" and repair ties with the United States and Nato, the strongest sign yet that it may reopen supply routes into Afghanistan closed for nearly six months.
