Russia cut off from access to documentation for almost all passenger aircraft
The world's largest aircraft manufacturers Airbus and Boeing have cut off Russian airlines from access to technical documentation due to sanctions from the United States and the European Union.
They responded to Russia's aggressive invasion of Ukraine.
This was reported by TRAVEL RBC-Ukraine with a link to the site avianews.com.
Currently, most airliners in the fleet of Russian airlines are Airbus and Boeing.
"Without up-to-date information, you can't even change the light bulb. That is, the plane flies to the nearest defect or the next inspection, after which it is out of service. Any plane after this point will be illegal," said the expert.
Even third-party services located abroad will not be able to perform maintenance on airliners.
When entering the registration data of aircraft from Russia, the Airbus and Boeing systems simply don't see them in their database and don't provide the necessary information for maintenance.
"If someone in Russia still has access to offline documentation, then, for example, the next revision of documents in Airbus is scheduled for May 1. From that day, the current documentation will become invalid.
Using illegal documents is a crime.
And, understanding this situation, any inspector at any airport can stop the plane because its use will not be safe," added the engineer.
Due to the sanctions, the airlines will not be able to do anything related to the necessary maintenance of airliners, maintenance engineer Pavel Koshelev explained.
"You can't even change a light bulb without up-to-date information. That is, the aircraft flies to the nearest defect or the nearest inspection, after which it is not in service. Any plane will be illegal after that moment," the expert explained.
Even third-party services located abroad will not be able to perform maintenance on airliners.
When entering the registration data of aircraft from Russia, the Airbus and Boeing systems simply do not see them in their database and do not provide the necessary information for maintenance.
"If someone in Russia still has access to offline documentation, then, for example, the next revision of documents in Airbus is scheduled for May 1. From that day, the current documentation will become invalid.
Using illegal documents is a crime. And, understanding this situation, any inspector at any airport can stop the plane because its use will not be safe," added the engineer.
