Having had an up close and personal look at this aircraft, I hope it does not. It looks like it was assembled by former construction workers at a tank factors deep in Siberia. Saying that, I would not wish this incident on anyone. I have quite a bit of experience dealing with Russians and civil aircraft. They go as well together as Obama canvasing in the Deep South. Russians should stick to Military aircraft and stay well away from building passenger aircraft. In fact I would never knowingly fly on any Russian owned/operated passenger aircraft even if it was a Boeing or an Airbus.
Matt
In its time Aeroflot was the biggest airline in the world. I've flown on their Boeings, Airbuses, and even Tupolev-154Ms a few times, right before those were retired. Millions fly on Russian airliners in safety every year. Poor maintenance and pilot error can happen on any airline anywhere in the world. Fact is, the Russian airline industry is all but gone, collapsed along with the USSR. They don't manufacture much of anything these days except cheap-but-effective military hardware. Having flown on many airlines, Aeroflot actually serves the best food, the cute flight attendants are an eyeful, but it's the godawful Russian airports that I dread, certainly the worst in the world. Compared to a dreaded layover at Sheremyetevo airport, flying in their planes is nothing!
No accounting about the south, expat. My Armenian-born wife compares the southern racists and rednecks she has met during our travels with the ignorant Russian oafs she had to deal with at Moscow State University: Loud-mouthed, dumbed down, ambitious-without-qualifications, vindictive, not to mention alcoholic. I guess people are just the same all over.