“Aviation Incidents in Russia: Flying Foreign Aircraft in Crisis”

In 2023, all of Russia is flying foreign aircraft that it cannot service. Aviation incidents in Russia happen every day, and it is very likely that a large-scale disaster is only a matter of time. All this is the result of the war with Ukraine, the theft of hundreds of Western planes and the sanctions against Russia.

• May 19. “Airbus-321” of the “Aeroflot” airline on the Sochi-Moscow route at an altitude of 8,839 meters reported a failure of the plane’s air collision avoidance system TCAS. The plane successfully flew to Moscow.
• May 18. At an altitude of 6,000 feet, the Airbus A-320 crew commander reported a problem with the autopilot, decided to go to the destination airport in St. Petersburg (Pulkovo). Piloting is done in manual mode. Successful landing at 20.18.
• May 17. Airport “Samara”. The Sukhoi Superjet-100 aircraft returned to the parking lot from the pre-launch launch due to loss of GPS signal.
• May 17. Airport “Kazan”. During the pre-launch take-off, the Boeing B-738 requested a return to the parking lot due to a leak in the hydraulic system.

This is roughly what the Russian “Telegram” channel looks like “Aviaincident” daily news roundup. The technical condition of the Russian aircraft fleet is deteriorating every day: foreign and Russian-made aircraft are facing serious technical problems. From 2022 the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) considers, that flying in Russia is as dangerous as in Liberia and Bhutan. The rest of the countries have passed the security audit of this international organization.

According to the International Aviation Committee (an international body that monitors compliance with aviation safety standards and investigates aviation accidents in 12 CIS countries – official note) data, 34 accidents occurred in Russia, in which 24 people died. in 2021 took place 31 air crashes, 61 people died. It would seem that the situation in aviation security has improved during the year.

However, as recently reported The Russian opposition publication “Project”, Russian airlines have had to seriously lower their safety standards. This is the result of sanctions imposed on the Russian aviation industry since the beginning of the war. The fact that Russian air carriers appropriated several hundred aircraft from Western lessors also played a role.

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