Airline industry experts warn that passengers prioritizing luggage retrieval and emergency filming over swift evacuation significantly increase risk, prompting a safety campaign and potential fines.
Russia is actively developing a prototype supersonic passenger aircraft, with work progressing beyond the design phase to hardware development at the Zhukovsky Research Center. Airlines have shown interest, anticipating a future fleet of dozens of such aircraft.
The United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will unveil its modernized Il-114-300 regional passenger aircraft at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) from June 3-6. Denis Pogodin, First Deputy Director of the P.A. Voronin Lukhovitsy Aircraft Plant, announced the plan to President Vladimir Putin.
