Two Russian airliners had been pressured to return to their departure airports as a consequence of engine failures shortly after takeoff, The Moscow Occasions reported on Jan. 4, citing Russian media.
Western sanctions imposed after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine have severely impacted the nation’s aviation business. Lower off from components and assist from Western producers, Russian airways have struggled to keep up plane.
An Airbus A321neo operated by Ural Airways skilled a left engine failure at an altitude of 4,500 meters (2.7 miles) on Jan. 4 whereas flying from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to Yekaterinburg. The crew reported the malfunction and returned to the departure airport.
Equally, a Boeing 737 belonging to NordStar Airways suffered a left engine failure at 11,300 meters (7 miles) throughout a flight from Volgograd to Ekaterinburg on Jan. 2, prompting its crew to return to Gumrak airport in Volgograd.
The airways confirmed that each planes have been grounded for technical inspections and situation assessments.
In line with Russia's Izvestia newspaper, as of Nov. 13, about 30 Russian airways — accounting for 26% of home passenger visitors — face potential chapter in 2025 as a consequence of gathered money owed and difficulties leasing overseas plane.
Within the meantime, Russia has struggled to scale back its reliance on foreign-made passenger jets, as seen in a lethal crash in July 2024. A domestically-produced Sukhoi Superjet 100 crashed in a forest close to Moscow throughout a check flight following scheduled upkeep, killing all three crew members on board, state-controlled TASS information company reported.
The Kyiv IndependentTim Zadorozhnyy