Russian Plane Malfunctions Tripled in Just One Year as Sanctions Bite

Newsweek ^ | Dec. 9, 2023 | Isabel van Brugen AND Yevgeny Kuklychev

[canuck_conservative]

There have been a vast number of cases in recent months of Russian domestic passenger planes making emergency landings due to technical issues, driven by a lack of spare parts...

Data compiled by Newsweek shows that from September 2023 to December 8, 2023, Russia saw a total of 60 commercial aviation incidents that involved emergency landings, engine fires and malfunctions, along with other technical issues forcing the planes to abandon their intended routes...

Earlier, Novaya Gazeta Europe found that from January to August 2023, more than 120 air accidents were recorded in Russia involving civil aircraft used by Russian airlines. This brings the total number of plane malfunctions this year to over 180.

Russian plane malfunctions this year have already tripled compared to 2022, when 60 incidents were recorded. Novaya Gazeta Europe found that between 2018 and 2022, an average of 55 accidents were recorded during the same months...

The country's aviation industry has been hit hard by Western sanctions imposed after Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

This has meant that the planes have continued to fly without receiving crucial software upgrades and mandated maintenance checks required to guarantee their airworthiness...

Kirill Yankov, chairman of Russia's Passengers Union, told Russian news outlet 74.ru that the rise in commercial aviation incidents has been driven by a lack of spare parts and maintenance.

"Firstly, it has become much more difficult to obtain spare parts and maintenance materials for many aircraft. And, secondly, what's worse, it's possible that spare parts that are not certified by the manufacturers have already begun to be installed on aircraft," Yankov said...

[canuck_conservative]

Boeing and Airbus aircraft in Russia can't replace expired parts because of sanctions ... so they're supposed to be grounded

But Putin ordered them to keep flying anyway ... only a matter of time until serious crashes occur

Maybe one will happen before next March's election, then Putin can explain to the Russian people why he deliberately & irresponsibly chose to endanger them

[FlingWingFlyer]

If this is true, why do the Ukies need so much money to shoot them down?

[Celtic Conservative]

To be honest, Russia is behind the curve on safety and maintenance anyhow. But you’re right, as the current sanctions continue there are pretty good odds of major incidents.

CCR

[janetjanet998]

Russia is doomed, sanctions will cripple them, they are running out of ammo and are fighting with shovels( no really MSM reported that last summer)

Yet
Video
Russia announced the opening of a new workshop for the production of tracks for T-80 tanks, Msta-S self-propelled guns and S-300V air defense systems
https://rumble.com/v40fvjp-russia-announced-the-opening-of-a-new-workshop-for-the-production-of-tracks.html

[canuck_conservative]

The article was talking about civilian passenger airliners - Ukraine doesn’t shoot those down

only Russia does that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17 (July 17, 2014)

[janetjanet998]

only Russia does that
—

I guess Iranian airliners don’t count

Iran Air flight 655, flight of an Iranian airliner that was shot down by the missile cruiser USS Vincennes on July 3, 1988,
https://www.britannica.com/event/Iran-Air-flight-655

[canuck_conservative]

Russia is doomed

Only if Putin and the other warmongering thugs stay in charge

If Russia could get rid of those clowns, and somehow get along peacefully with its neighbors, it could have a successful future

But right now Russia is light-years from that

[canuck_conservative]

You forgot to mention that Iran itself shot down a civilian plane, on Jan. 8, 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_International_Airlines_Flight_752

[wildcard_redneck]

I am pretty certain that Russian manufacturers are beginning to crank out replacement parts and, in the near future, will begin to sell them at prices that undercut Boeing.

[canuck_conservative]

Pretty certain that those homemade parts won’t meet the required Boeing/Airbus specs ... the result will still be Russian crashes

tick, tick, tick ...

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Planes crash. People speculate about the next crash. Some remember a last one.....

Missing F-35 jet was flying 'inverted' before crash, eyewitnesses say NBC News, 21 September 2023

Authorities locate debris of F-35 fighter jet that crashed in South Carolina Guardian UK, 19 September 2023

Sailors, Marines complete weekslong cleanup of F-35 crash site Marine Corps Times, 13 October 2023

[null and void]

Can’t Russia buy cheap Chinese knock off parts?

(AKA ‘fall off parts’)

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Interestingly, about planes and such, and not involving any sanctions....

Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight Fortune, 22 September 2023

https://fortune.com/europe/2023/09/22/why-so-many-flights-canceled-delayed-aog-technics-fake-parts-american-airlines/ The Drive, 25 september 2023

Fake Parts Found on Boeing, Airbus Jets Plague Airlines Bloomberg, 11 October 2023

Major airlines duped into using plane parts with phony inspection certificates in $3M scam NY Post, 6 October 2023

Fraud investigators have arrested a suspect in the fake engine parts scandal that impacted airlines like United and Delta Business Insider, 7 December 2023

[kiryandil]

The Pout, makin' another deadline:

[BobL]

You know these Master Race types are just SALIVATING for a Russian plane to go down and kill hundreds of sub-human people (who virtually all of the world call “Russians”).

[aMorePerfectUnion]

She looks like a zeeper oracle.

[cowboyusa]

I would not fly on a Russian plane
Why tempt fate?

[callofthewild]

LOL Newsweek LOL

[mabarker1]

KAL007

[DesertRhino]

There’s something to be proud of! A chance to kill innocent civilians on an airliner to make your political point. And people say it bragging and gleefully. Sickos. That typical Ukrainian mentality.