Two planes of Yamal Airlines broke down in the air in a day
Russian airlines continue to face technical problems in the transportation of citizens. On Wednesday, May 22, two Yamal planes were forced to urgently land in Tyumen due to breakdowns, according to the Ural Transport Prosecutor's Office.
In the morning, the crew of the Sukhoi Superjet 100, which was flying from Ufa to Novy Urengoy, reported an automatic failure. The aircraft commander decided to proceed to the alternate airfield of Roshchino in Tyumen.
In the afternoon, another aircraft of Yamal Airlines, an Airbus 320, with 93 passengers on board following the route Ufa - Noyabrsk, made an emergency landing at the same airport due to depressurization of the cockpit.
The day before, due to a technical malfunction, the SSJ-100 aircraft of the Red Wings airline could not fly from Chelyabinsk to Novy Urengoy. The flight of 38 passengers was delayed for 16.5 hours.
The number of air incidents and more serious accidents caused by technical malfunctions has increased after the Russian aviation industry came under EU and US sanctions for the war in Ukraine. In 2023, at least 74 different aircraft breakdowns in the air were recorded, which is 38 more than in 2022, according to the German research company Jacdec. For every 100 thousand flights, there were almost 10 air accidents, while a year earlier - only five, according to an analysis by the research company Cirium.
According to the Federal Air Transport Agency, in just 11 months of last year, 670 air incidents occurred in the country, of which 400 were related to the failure of equipment, including engines. The problems are obvious: carriers cannot legally purchase new foreign aircraft and original spare parts, and the aviation authorities allow parts to be used longer than safety standards allow, which leads to accidents, said the head of RunAvia Andrey Patrakov.
Russia has not yet been able to establish its own production. According to the forecast of the consulting company Oliver Wyman, by 2026 the country's fleet will be reduced by more than half.
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