"de-icing may not have been available, that's no excuse you just don't take-off - simples!"
Not so simple in Russia.
Lot's of pressure often brought to bear/connecting flights/return slots, plane has to fly on time, or maybe won't fill the quota for the day where distances can be large.
What I don't understand is any pressure to be "on time at all costs" on this flight.
There are NO connecting flights in the SGC arrivals time slot.
(in fact nothing at all from 10-16h)
& the same plane UT119 flies back at 22h in the evening to TJM, or so it would seem, so sits on the tarmac from 23.45-6.30 every night.
Maybe PF says/thinks he's done this loads of times before and got away with it, esp on AN type AC, so cutting corners.
Would be curious to know how many times this winter the plane DIDN'T get deiced in the morning after sitting in anything down to -45C.
That would be very telling.
Culture of Safety taking back seat to commercial considerations?
Still the most dangerous country to fly in the world.