Russia moves to seize hundreds of planes from foreign owners | CNN Business
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Russia is seizing hundreds of commercial jets owned by US and European leasing companies, a further sign of the challenges the country’s airline industry faces due to sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine.
  • pingveno@lemmy.ml
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    3 years ago

    I hope this doesn’t lead to poorly maintained planes falling out of the sky on a regular basis. We have already seen what an embargo can do to the vehicle situation in Cuba, where most cars are decades old. While a jet can last, it needs those parts. It would be horrible for a jet full of people to suffer for the ambitions of their leaders.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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      3 years ago

      I’m sure a nuclear superpower that’s one of the few countries that can launch stuff into space can figure out how to keep planes running. People in the west seem to have a profound misunderstanding of the technological capabilities in Russia.

      Meanwhile, the last time planes full of people were falling out of the sky was when Boeing rolled out their new planes.

      • Julianus@lemmy.ml
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        3 years ago

        They aren’t a superpower. This would imply the ability to project power across the planet. And right now, Russia is struggling at the ends of it’s own rail lines. And how many aircraft carriers do they have? Zero.

        They are nuclear armed, but I doubt if they can maintain 1% of their arsenal given the corruption and neglect evident in the rest of their military. They do love blowing money researching old-fashioned “super weapons,” ala Hilter’s last days. But they can’t afford more than the demo model. Or the clean up when they splash isotopes all over their own lands when one blows up in testing. Meanwhile, America, the real superpower, is on to 21st century tech.