Last year, Rostransnadzor identified more than 2,000 flights during which aircraft used expired spare parts and components, Kommersant reports, citing a recording of a speech in the State Duma by the head of the service, Viktor Basargin.
“Numerous facts of operation of aviation equipment with violations that directly affect flight safety are recorded. For example, admission to the operation of components with an expired resource. In total, more than 2,000 such flights have been recorded,” he said.
Basargin added that this situation is associated with an increase in the cost and delivery time of parts, in some cases they are completely “impossible to deliver”.
At the same time, the Aeroflot company told the newspaper that they “do not use expired aviation components” and have a sufficient number of spare parts. Sources at other airlines also said they were following safety standards “as before” and ruled out the use of expired parts.
The interlocutor of the publication from the expert community also said that airlines prefer not to fly with expired components. He cited the carrier Azur Air as an example: it has 22 aircraft in its fleet, 13 of which fly. Five Boeing 767s are not used, as, for example, they are waiting for permission from the authorities to export engines abroad for repairs.
Source: Rosbalt
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