In Russia, airplanes break down almost every day, which leads to the cancellation of flights or emergency landings. The Russian mass media write about it.
So, on January 16, the ‘Izhavia’ plane, which was flying from Bratsk to Nizhnevartovsk, was unable to take off. There was a bang during the take-off, the take-off was canceled after that.
And on January 17, due to a faulty door in the tail part, the Utair plane could not take off from Moscow to Surgut. In the video of the passengers on the social network, it can be seen that it was not possible to close the door, and people were transferred to another board.
On the same day, January 17, when the Ural Airlines plane took off in Sochi, a fuel leak was detected from the right plane of the plane’s wing. The board was towed to the platform.
On January 18, during the flight of the Yamal company plane from Novosibirsk to Nizhnekamsk, a problem with the hydraulic system was also detected, the plane made an emergency landing in Tyumen.
On January 19, the plane of the ‘Russia’ airline company interrupted its takeoff due to the activation of the trunk door opening alarm. The flight was supposed to fly from Krasnoyarsk to St. Petersburg.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Western countries introduced sanctions that, in particular, affected the Russian transport sector. They provide for a ban on the sale of aircraft and their spare parts to Russia. After that, Russian carriers faced refusal of cooperation from Airbus and Boeing, manufacturers of engines and components.
- In March, it became known that Russian Aeroflot will have to start disassembling individual planes for spare parts already in August due to sanctions.
- In August, Russian airlines began dismantling airliners to supply themselves with spare parts that they can no longer buy abroad due to Western sanctions.
- In Russia, in just 10 days of the new year, there were at least seven accidents involving air transport.
