Development of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 began in 2000.
Russian officials said on Sunday it was premature to talk of grounding the Sukhoi Superjet for now.
Yamal currently operates 15 of the planes,
making it Russia's second biggest operator of the Superjet after Aeroflot.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 or SSJ100 is a regional jet designed by Sukhoi,
a division of the United Aircraft Corporation.
On 21 April 2011, the Superjet 100 undertook its first commercial passenger flight,
on the Armavia route from Yerevan to Moscow.
On 21 April 2011, the Superjet 100 performed its first commercial passenger flight,
on the Armavia route from Yerevan to Moscow.
The project officially passed its third stage of development on 12 March 2004,
meaning that Sukhoi could now start selling the Superjet 100 to customers.
Under the agreement, the Superjet 100 project would receive 7.9 billion rubles of research and development financing under the Federal Program titled Development of Civil Aviation
in Russia in 2005- 2009.