About 450 passengers on a Nordwind flight waiting to fly to Moscow from Sochi airport were trapped in a malfunctioning airplane.

In addition to the fact that the Boeing 777-300ER could not take off, it also lost power, and without air conditioning, people were practically in a “bathhouse”, desperately trying to cool themselves at least with improvised fans made of sheets of paper.

“Many passengers felt sick because of the stuffiness, but they are afraid to leave the board. They were warned that those who leave will have their tickets canceled without compensation. The tickets cost about 40 thousand rubles each,” local Telegram channels reported.

Later, the captain himself got in touch with the passengers and explained that the airport staff could not “connect the tractor” because “there is no person who puts a bolt into a hole.”

“I am speechless. I have never seen anything like this before. It’s the first time in my 45 years of flying,” he admitted to the amazed passengers.


It is worth noting that accidents and other emergencies in civil aviation in Russia were the result of Western sanctions, which left Russian carriers without the necessary components.
In order to somehow compensate for their shortage, the Russians began dismantling some of the planes for spare parts.
At the same time, a significant part of their fleet consists of aircraft stolen from lessors.