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Old 25th Aug 2022, 20:57
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The Boeings and Airbuses owned by Russian airlines have been written off. They'll be canabilized, they'll become death traps over time, and that's a shame, but I suppose it serves them right for pinching them from the lessors in the first place.

These aircraft will never step foot out of Russia ever again, or they'll be impounded immediately for airworthiness reasons, obviously. Their maintenance records won't be in order, ever. So will never be airworthy.

And Russian made aircraft won't be approved airworthy by Western authorities for many, many years going forward.

This is how it plays out. What a shame for Russia, and it's people.

If China gets involved, well, the West has already shown that we can stomach higher energy bills to counteract the Russian scheme and do the right thing. It's not a great leap to imagine people don't need the latest plastic junk, or a 75 inch television for 500 euros. The Chinese can go to the sin bin too. After all, there's a few people bitter about how things played out with the seasonal flu 2019-2021.

Karma.
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