The Boeing 767 (RA-73034) of Russia's largest charter company Azur Air, which aborted takeoff in Phuket due to surge of the right aircraft engine, flew for more than a year with an overdue inspection of this very engine. This is reported by the Aviatorshchina Telegram channel, which specializes in aviation news.
According to the channel, which refers to the results of the Rostransnadzor check, the company delayed the technical inspection by more than a year – the last engine inspection was performed in December 2019, the aircraft made more than 1.4 thousand flights. At the same time, according to Boeing rules, an inspection must be performed every 680 flights.
The company itself says that there was an error in the calculation of the next inspection run. Allegedly, the data on the last technical inspection was lost, since the engineer, who provided airworthiness services on outsourcing, did not transfer the data to the Wings information system as a result of the change from a foreign system to a domestic one due to sanctions.
Now Rostransnadzor has asked the Federal Air Transport Agency to investigate at least 728 flights on an Azur Air aircraft with unfinished maintenance on the right engine as an aviation incident.
Earlier, Rostransnadzor called for the extension of the maintenance of Western aircraft. This can lead to flight incidents, experts told The Insider. This practice really exists in the West, but it requires mandatory consultations with the manufacturer – that is, with Boeing, Airbus or Embraer.