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Come ci riporta AvHerald, il 6 giugno un 772 Air India in rotta tra New Delhi e San Francisco è stato costretto ad un atterraggio di emergenza mentre sorvolava la Russia a causa di un problema ad uno dei motori (GE-90).
Incident: India B772 near Magadan on Jun 6th 2023, engine problem
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jun 6th 2023 18:45Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 6th 2023 18:45Z
An Air India Boeing 777-200, registration VT-ALH performing flight AI-173 from Delhi (India) to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 216 passengers and 16 crew, was enroute at FL350 about 650nm north of Magadan (Russia) when the crew decided to turn around reporting problems with the right hand engine (GE90). The aircraft maintained FL350 on the way back, but about 140nm north of Magadan the crew decided to divert to Magadan and initiated the descent towards Magadan. The aircraft landed safely on Magadan's runway 10 about 100 minutes after turning around and about 30 minutes after leaving FL350.
The airline reported first the aircraft diverted due to unavoidable reasons and later stated there were technical problems with one of the engines.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Magadan about 8 hours after landing.
Ma cosa significa al giorno d’oggi atterrare in un aeroporto minore della Russia?
Come gestire una sostituzione motore nel bel mezzo di una guerra e delle sanzioni che ne conseguono?
Ce lo spiega bene Nikodem Szczyglowski, un giornalista di settore, che così scrive sul suo profilo LinkedIn:
Passengers on the New Delhi-San Francisco flight, when they boarded the Air India Boeing 777, probably knew nothing about the existence of such a city in Russia as Magadan, none of them had likely ever been there in their lives and had not planned a trip there.
However, eight hours after takeoff, while flying over Russian territory, one of the engines failed and the plane landed.... just in Magadan, at the local airport located in the town of Sokol. It is a small town located about 50 kilometers north of Magadan, with a population of about 5,000, and there are no logistical facilities necessary to accommodate the 216 passengers and 16 crew members of the Air India flight. Fortunately, school vacations had just begun in Russia, so the passengers were accommodated in the school building - in classrooms, corridors and a gym hall.
After 38 hours at Magadan airport, the passengers continued their journey to San Francisco on another plane.
But this was not the end of the story for the Air India airline.
Air India's Boeing 777-200LR, which suffered the malfunction, is equipped with the world's largest engines manufactured by American General Electric. One of the engines had to be replaced (according to unofficial sources). If this is confirmed - such process is not easy, as Russia is under sanctions on the import of aircraft parts.
But even if it manages to get a one-time permit to import the engine, the question remains how to get it to Magadan.
The only aircraft in the world that can deliver a complete engine of this size is the Ukrainian An-124. For rather understandable reasons, the Antonov is unlikely to fly to Russia at present.
Another AN-124 user Arab Maximus airline also does not fly to Russia, while Russian carrier Volga Dnepr again cannot use the AN-124 it owns for overseas flights due to sanctions.
Another aircraft that can deliver the engine to Russia is a cargo Boeing 747, but it could only deliver the engine in a disassembled state. However, there are no conditions in Magadan for the assembly and maintenance of B777 engines.
So pulling the stranded Boeing in Magadan back to Delhi could become quite a challenge for Air India, as could bringing in and installing a new engine.
As Air India has so far temporarily suspended all of its routes that pass through Russian airspace (update: already back to operation as usually), the situation should also give a lot of food for thought to other airlines that continue to use similar routes (thus de facto funding Russia's Aeroflot, which is a direct beneficiary of the transit fees collected by Russia's air control authority from foreign airlines).
Si fa presto a dire “ah, noi non abbiamo imposto sanzioni alla Russia e siamo liberi di sorvolare il loro spazio aereo”….
Ad ogni modo i tecnici devono essere riusciti in qualche maniera a metterci una pezza perché VT-ALH sta tornando a DEL proprio ora come AIC196 su FR24.
Incident: India B772 near Magadan on Jun 6th 2023, engine problem
By Simon Hradecky, created Tuesday, Jun 6th 2023 18:45Z, last updated Tuesday, Jun 6th 2023 18:45Z
An Air India Boeing 777-200, registration VT-ALH performing flight AI-173 from Delhi (India) to San Francisco,CA (USA) with 216 passengers and 16 crew, was enroute at FL350 about 650nm north of Magadan (Russia) when the crew decided to turn around reporting problems with the right hand engine (GE90). The aircraft maintained FL350 on the way back, but about 140nm north of Magadan the crew decided to divert to Magadan and initiated the descent towards Magadan. The aircraft landed safely on Magadan's runway 10 about 100 minutes after turning around and about 30 minutes after leaving FL350.
The airline reported first the aircraft diverted due to unavoidable reasons and later stated there were technical problems with one of the engines.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Magadan about 8 hours after landing.
Ma cosa significa al giorno d’oggi atterrare in un aeroporto minore della Russia?
Come gestire una sostituzione motore nel bel mezzo di una guerra e delle sanzioni che ne conseguono?
Ce lo spiega bene Nikodem Szczyglowski, un giornalista di settore, che così scrive sul suo profilo LinkedIn:
Passengers on the New Delhi-San Francisco flight, when they boarded the Air India Boeing 777, probably knew nothing about the existence of such a city in Russia as Magadan, none of them had likely ever been there in their lives and had not planned a trip there.
However, eight hours after takeoff, while flying over Russian territory, one of the engines failed and the plane landed.... just in Magadan, at the local airport located in the town of Sokol. It is a small town located about 50 kilometers north of Magadan, with a population of about 5,000, and there are no logistical facilities necessary to accommodate the 216 passengers and 16 crew members of the Air India flight. Fortunately, school vacations had just begun in Russia, so the passengers were accommodated in the school building - in classrooms, corridors and a gym hall.
After 38 hours at Magadan airport, the passengers continued their journey to San Francisco on another plane.
But this was not the end of the story for the Air India airline.
Air India's Boeing 777-200LR, which suffered the malfunction, is equipped with the world's largest engines manufactured by American General Electric. One of the engines had to be replaced (according to unofficial sources). If this is confirmed - such process is not easy, as Russia is under sanctions on the import of aircraft parts.
But even if it manages to get a one-time permit to import the engine, the question remains how to get it to Magadan.
The only aircraft in the world that can deliver a complete engine of this size is the Ukrainian An-124. For rather understandable reasons, the Antonov is unlikely to fly to Russia at present.
Another AN-124 user Arab Maximus airline also does not fly to Russia, while Russian carrier Volga Dnepr again cannot use the AN-124 it owns for overseas flights due to sanctions.
Another aircraft that can deliver the engine to Russia is a cargo Boeing 747, but it could only deliver the engine in a disassembled state. However, there are no conditions in Magadan for the assembly and maintenance of B777 engines.
So pulling the stranded Boeing in Magadan back to Delhi could become quite a challenge for Air India, as could bringing in and installing a new engine.
As Air India has so far temporarily suspended all of its routes that pass through Russian airspace (update: already back to operation as usually), the situation should also give a lot of food for thought to other airlines that continue to use similar routes (thus de facto funding Russia's Aeroflot, which is a direct beneficiary of the transit fees collected by Russia's air control authority from foreign airlines).
Si fa presto a dire “ah, noi non abbiamo imposto sanzioni alla Russia e siamo liberi di sorvolare il loro spazio aereo”….
Ad ogni modo i tecnici devono essere riusciti in qualche maniera a metterci una pezza perché VT-ALH sta tornando a DEL proprio ora come AIC196 su FR24.
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