Fuselage defects have been identified in several Sukhoi Superjet 100 regional airliners that are currently being used to operate domestic commercial passenger services in Russia. The news comes as a further blow to the beleaguered aircraft, which already has a somewhat checkered safety record after several accidents.

In recent years, the commercial aviation sector in Russia has been hampered by sanctions that have prevented the country's airlines from being able to acquire spare parts for Western-built airliners such as those made by companies like Airbus and Boeing. As such, the nation has become reliant on domestic aircraft, but, as the Sukhoi Superjet's recent issues illustrate, these aren't an optimum solution.

14 Airliners Have Flawed Fuselages

According to The Moscow Times

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