jalflightdispatch
3rd Jan 2012, 19:12
According to various sources, Iran Air Boeing 727 flight 277 was the world's worst air accident in 2011, claiming the lives of 77 passengers and crew on board:
Airline fatal accident numbers climb in 2011 (http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airline-fatal-accident-numbers-climb-in-2011-366436/)
Avionews - Agenzia stampa del settore aeronautico, elicotteristico, aerospaziale e della difesa (http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1136698&pagina_chiamante=index.php)
Unfortunately it looks like things are only going to get more difficult for Iranian airlines to continue to safely operate western aircraft such as Boeing and Airbus with ever increasing sanctions being applied against Iran.
In a recent surprise announcement, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran announced that there exists a 98% capability in Iran to service Boeing, Airbus and Fokker aircraft:
Fars News Agency :: Official Stresses Iran's Self-Sufficiency in Repairing Passenger Planes (http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007279088)
98% certainly sounds impressive, but what about the other 2% :uhoh:? Call me over cautious, but I sure wouldn’t want to fly on an aircraft that has 2% of its maintenance unaccounted for.
I for one only hope that 2012 is not another year to have an Iranian airline in the unfortunate position of having the world’s worst air accident of the year.
Airline fatal accident numbers climb in 2011 (http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/airline-fatal-accident-numbers-climb-in-2011-366436/)
Avionews - Agenzia stampa del settore aeronautico, elicotteristico, aerospaziale e della difesa (http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1136698&pagina_chiamante=index.php)
Unfortunately it looks like things are only going to get more difficult for Iranian airlines to continue to safely operate western aircraft such as Boeing and Airbus with ever increasing sanctions being applied against Iran.
In a recent surprise announcement, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Organization of Iran announced that there exists a 98% capability in Iran to service Boeing, Airbus and Fokker aircraft:
Fars News Agency :: Official Stresses Iran's Self-Sufficiency in Repairing Passenger Planes (http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007279088)
98% certainly sounds impressive, but what about the other 2% :uhoh:? Call me over cautious, but I sure wouldn’t want to fly on an aircraft that has 2% of its maintenance unaccounted for.
I for one only hope that 2012 is not another year to have an Iranian airline in the unfortunate position of having the world’s worst air accident of the year.