The airlines of the Russian Federation used parts with an expired shelf life

In 2022, Russian airlines made two thousand flights on aircraft with details and components, the expiration date of which has expired. This was reported by Kommersant "with reference to the data of the Rostransnadzor.

The head of the service, Viktor Basargin, speaking at the State Duma Transport Committee, said that unscheduled inspections of several hundred airlines were recorded in companies using Western aircraft, a “shortage of components”. According to Basargin, this is due to the increase in the cost and terms of delivery of parts, in some cases they are completely "impossible to bring them."

The interlocutors of the publication in Aeroflot and other large Russian airlines deny the use of spare parts with an expired shelf life. According to them, they have the opportunity to park the planes in anticipation of the supply of components. At the same time, experts believe that the situation with the maintenance of flying fitness of Western aircraft in Russia will aggravate and threatens the fleet deficit.

In May, Project said that Russian airlines, after imposing sanctions against Russia in connection with the invasion of Ukraine, are experiencing problems with spare parts, because of which in some cases they depart from technical regulations and less often than prescribed, fix faults.

• The sanctions imposed against the Russian aircraft industry after a large -scale invasion of Ukraine provide for a ban on the supply of aircraft to Russia, as well as a ban on flights of Russian aircraft to the countries that imposed sanctions and the closure of airspace for them. Insurance certificates were also withdrawn, and the planes that were purchased in leasing were demanded from Russian airlines - what they did not. Because of this, most Russian aircraft can now fly abroad only to a limited number of countries.