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SARATOV, 12 February. / TASS /. The airline "Saratov Airlines" after the An-148 crash, which occurred on Sunday in Moscow, suspended the operation of aircraft of this type. This was announced on Monday by the press service of the company.

"The management of the airline" Saratov Airlines "decided to temporarily suspend flights on the An-148 aircraft, and we apologize in advance for the corrections in the flight schedule," it was informed. The press service notes that there are six An-148-100 aircraft in the carrier's air fleet (it does not specify whether the board crashed on February 11).

"The AN-148 aircraft with the onboard number RA-61704 arrived [to the fleet of the airline] in February 2017. In January 2018, the aircraft took the form of a S-check, in which the engine, airframe, wing units, - stressed in the press service.

The company added that before each flight departure the plane was in the form of an operational service. Before the departure of the flight from Moscow to Orsk, a maintenance form was also carried out, which did not reveal deviations on the aircraft, the press service was assured.

The An-148 passenger airliner from Saratov Airlines, which carried out a flight from Moscow to Orsk on 11 February, crashed a few minutes after take-off from Domodedovo. On board there were 71 people, all of them were lost.

Reference: http://tass.ru/ekonomika/4950071