Azur Air incident Phuket

[ORAC]

https://twitter.com/chriso_wiki/stat...HhlFHGKbTPQr_A

A Russian 767 aircraft that suffered an engine failure when trying to take off from Phuket airport in February had reportedly gone 3 years without the engine being inspected, due to Western sanctions. This has serious implications for air safety.…

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...548404224.html

[Pilot DAR]

Note: The name of the airline in the title has been corrected. It is also a error in the linked article, it is written both incorrectly, and later correctly as "Azur".

[Liffy 1M]

Were there sanctions in place prior to spring 2022?

[zerograv]

Originally Posted by Liffy 1M

Were there sanctions in place prior to spring 2022?

Very good point ...
Any indication available of the Registration ? Owned by Azur, or leasing ?
By the looks of it, it will be at least 1 Engine, some Wheels, and some Brake Block assemblies. It might take a while ...
If it happens to be a leasing, time available to make a case about repossessing the airframe, if there happens to be interest in such possibility.

[ORAC]

Any indication available of the Registration ?

https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/a...uket-thailand/

Boeing 767-300 (RA-73034, built 1997)

https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...zur-air/38xqle
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[Liffy 1M]

As this 767 took up Russian marks in 2020, it may well be owned rather than leased. https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...zur-air/38xqle

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Liffy 1M

As this 767 took up Russian marks in 2020, it may well be owned rather than leased. https://www.planespotters.net/airfra...zur-air/38xqle

My thoughts too - lessors don't like aircraft leased to Russian airlines to be on the Russian register, as it makes potential repossession much more difficult.

[EGTE]

All of the foreign registered airliners used by Russian airlines (owned or leased) were re-registered as RA- following the start of sanctions in 2022.
Of course, this displeased the companies that the aircraft were leased from immensely,
An RA- registration is no indicator of whether the aircraft is owned or leased these days.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by EGTE

All of the foreign registered airliners used by Russian airlines (owned or leased) were re-registered as RA- following the start of sanctions in 2022.

This one wasn't. See previous posts.

[zerograv]

Originally Posted by ORAC

had reportedly gone 3 years without the engine being inspected,

It looks consistent with being a Azur 'owned' aircraft.
Registered in Russia in 2020, and from that time onward a more 'easy going' maintenance.

[250 kts]

I believe this took place on the 4th February, the night before we arrived in HKT. If it was RA73034 involved, according to FR24 it was operating again on the 6th. Would that have been feasible bearing in mind the type of failure?

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by 250 kts

I believe this took place on the 4th February, the night before we arrived in HKT. If it was RA73034 involved, according to FR24 it was operating again on the 6th. Would that have been feasible bearing in mind the type of failure?

A good crew can swap engines on an overnight - so yes it's feasible if they had a spare engine handy (and of course a good crew).

[DaveReidUK]

Assuming they did actually change the engine ...