“Izvestia”: Russia legalized the “cannibalization” of aircraft – Rosbalt

At the end of December, the Russian government legislated the possibility of removing serviceable spare parts and components from civil aircraft for storage or subsequent installation on other ships, including those in production, Izvestia writes, citing sources in the aviation industry.

According to the interlocutors of the publication, permits (airworthiness coupons, passports or labels) must be issued for such details; upon removal, a performance analysis and condition assessment should be performed and documented; upon subsequent installation, testing and reassessment of the condition should be performed.

In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers allowed the installation of non-original foreign components on a foreign fleet that remained in Russia and requires maintenance – that is, those that are not provided for by the operational documentation of the developers (Boeing, Airbus, Embraer), the newspaper notes. Such parts can only be manufactured by companies that have the approval of six foreign aviation administrations and according to procedures similar to those established in US law.

At the same time, as the interlocutors of the newspaper said, in Russia in previous years they rearranged spare parts from aircraft to aircraft, and there was also a practice of installing non-original components approved by the US or EU authorities. “Now these stocks, apparently, are running out, and it has become necessary to use components of Chinese, Iranian production,” one of the sources explained.