Iranian aviators, over the years of sanctions under which their country is located, have learned to repair Western-made aircraft on their own.
Iranian airline Mahan Air presented a video service of sub-sanctioned Russian aircraft of Western production Airbus A330-300 from Aeroflot. Iranian aviators learned how to maintain aircraft themselves. Avianews reported this on Friday, May 5.
The European Union and the United States imposed sanctions on Russian aviation after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Today the aircraft made in the west of Russia cannot be serviced in official service centers. Russian Aeroflot missed the opportunity to officially receive spare parts for western aircraft made by Airbus and Boeing.
Iran has been under sanctions for decades, so local aviators learned how to maintain aircraft themselves and established channels for the supply of unofficial spare parts.
airliner Aeroflot arrived in Iran on April 5, 2023 for C-check heavy maintenance, the video description notes.
At the beginning of April this year A330-300 Aeroflot had to undergo landing gear maintenance in Iran. Initially, the airline planned to order work from the Hong Kong company HAECO, but Western sanctions made it impossible to carry out maintenance.
Recall that the SBU previously prevented the illegal export of engines to Iran in military transport aircraft.
In addition, in February of this year, Iran demonstrated the creation of underground air bases, which can accommodate all types of aircraft and drones.
Source: korrespondent
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