You do realise that it was actually doing an emergency lift of Covid related items on behalf of Canada when it was seized on landing, they could have stopped in Russia when the embargo was announced but they didn't. It does seem a bit naughty to allow it to fly all the way to its destination so they could get the vital cargo and then impound it, instead of refusing permission for it to enter Canadian airspace. They could have equally have then told them they were persona non grata in the country and asked to leave the country after unloading. People seem to forget the are a civilian company who transported the Wests military harware around the globe..
Following sanctions issued against Russia amid the country's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine, Canadian authorities have impounded an Antonov An-124 flown by Volga-Dnepr Airlines. The Ukrainian-built cargo jet has flown for the Russian airfreight specialist for its entire career, and was in Canada to deliver COVID tests.According to
ch-aviation.com, the aircraft in question bears the registration RA-82078. Clocking in at 27.21 years old, the aircraft presently flies for Ulyanovsk-based Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines, and has done so consistently since its delivery there in September 1996. It arrived in
Canada at the end of last month.
Specifically, ch-aviation reports that it came to the country carrying a shipment of COVID-19 testing kits ordered from China. Data from
FlightRadar24.com shows that the last leg of this journey took it from
Anchorage to Toronto, arriving on February 27th. Following Canada's airspace ban on Russian carriers and aircraft, the country impounded it a day later in Toronto, where it has remained ever since.
A C of A expired is not the end of the world, they may get permission to ferry it to a place of maintenance, especially as it is on the Russian register.. Thats why i asked if they were doing anti det runs on it.