During January 10, two more emergencies occurred with civil aviation aircraft in Russia. This is reported by the Russian media.
So, in Khabarovsk, the landing gear of a Cessna plane burst, the airport had to be closed. And in Norilsk, the plane skidded off the runway.
Thus, in just 10 days of the new year, at least ten incidents involving air transport occurred in Russia..
Recall that on January 5, due to a malfunction of the air conditioner, a Utair aircraft en route from Tyumen to Novy Urengoy made an emergency landing..
On January 6, an Azur Air plane with 236 passengers on board, flying from Novosibirsk to Thailand, returned to the airport due to windshield damage..
On January 6, the plane of the Red Wings carrier returned to Kazan airport due to a landing gear malfunction..
On January 6, the plane made an emergency landing in Astrakhan.. There was smoke under the skin.
On January 8, the plane of the Pobeda company rolled out of the runway in Perm, so it could not fly to Moscow.
On January 9, an Airbus A320neo of S7 Airlines, flying from Bratsk to Moscow, was forced to land in Kazan due to a malfunction of the toilet system.
On January 9, two people died and four were injured due to an An-2 plane crash in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug.
On January 9, the An-26 aircraft of the IrAero company, flying from Yakutsk to Magadan, returned to the point of departure due to depressurization of the cargo compartment. Part of the luggage was lost.
However, the problems with Russian aircraft did not end there..
On January 9, an AZUR air plane flying from Moscow to Goa made an emergency landing in western India after a mine was reported on board.. Plane had to land in Gujarat. As of January 10, the plane still has not taken off from the emergency landing site..
For comparison, for the whole of 2022, more than 130 events occurred in Russia, but this was with the participation of both civil and military aviation.. During the year, 28 ships suffered accidents.
Recall that after the start of a full-scale military invasion of Russia in Ukraine, the European Union banned the supply of aircraft and spare parts to Russia, as well as their maintenance and insurance.. The United States has restricted the export of aviation products and imposed sanctions on airliners from the fleets of Aeroflot and other Russian airlines.
After that, Russia actually stole most of the civilian fleet available in the country from foreign lessors - without returning them at the request of the owners. Back in the spring, it was clear that these aircraft would not be properly maintained and would be launched into the sky without airworthiness certificates..
In addition, further Russia began to have problems with pilots.. To avoid mass layoffs, taking into account "
Moreover, many civilian pilots were called to the war in Ukraine. There are cases when military crew members were even removed from flights, leaving passengers completely at a loss..
And the Russian state corporation for air traffic management is conducting a massive reduction in dispatchers and cutting staff costs.