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US bound Air India 777 diverts to Russia (flightradar24.com)
2 points by petercooper on June 9, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



The title doesn't make this sound very interesting, but there's actually a bit of a conundrum. The 777 is stuck in the far east of Russia and needs a new engine that's so big it can only be delivered intact by a Ukrainian airline who won't enter Russia, a Russian airline which can't enter many other countries to get the engine.


I suspect both Russia and the US militaries have planes that could deliver the engine but that’s also somewhat problematical right now. FedEx might as well assuming 747 freighters. More problems. They need a non-aligned country that can get the engine and doesn’t sweat anything coming from the delivery.




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