~50 people are dead. Plane – AN-24. Designed in the 60s. This particular machine was manufactured, most probably, in the 70s. It is a miracle that this plane was still flying.
I’m a bit of an aviation nut. While it’s not a new plane, it’s certainly not the oldest one flying by far.
Aircraft have a rigorous maintenance schedule. Some components are replaced based on hours used, others are on a calendar schedule: replace it regardless of hours. There are also so-called C- and D-checks: the plane basically gets completely taken apart every 6 to 10 years.
IF DONE CORRECTLY - this means the aircraft will be in excellent condition, even if it reaches that age.
Now, this being Russia in wartime, I wouldn’t be surprised that proper maintenance wasn’t performed. Especially since the AN-24 has an excellent reputation as a rugged, dependable plane. They probably used those resources elsewhere.
Of course, even the best maintained planes can crash. We’ll see what any investigation reveals.
~50 people are dead. Plane – AN-24. Designed in the 60s. This particular machine was manufactured, most probably, in the 70s. It is a miracle that this plane was still flying.
I’m a bit of an aviation nut. While it’s not a new plane, it’s certainly not the oldest one flying by far.
Aircraft have a rigorous maintenance schedule. Some components are replaced based on hours used, others are on a calendar schedule: replace it regardless of hours. There are also so-called C- and D-checks: the plane basically gets completely taken apart every 6 to 10 years.
IF DONE CORRECTLY - this means the aircraft will be in excellent condition, even if it reaches that age.
Now, this being Russia in wartime, I wouldn’t be surprised that proper maintenance wasn’t performed. Especially since the AN-24 has an excellent reputation as a rugged, dependable plane. They probably used those resources elsewhere.
Of course, even the best maintained planes can crash. We’ll see what any investigation reveals.
If only planes could last as long as birds
Birds live 10-20 years.
Old cars still kinda work
Unless you’re trying to compare a flightless bird to a flying machine
Pathetic, planes can do up to 116 years and counting Wikipedia
Concidentally the first flight across the English Channel happend with this plane model 116 years ago tomorrow.
Reasonable people use average age, mathematicians use median for such comparisons.
To be fair they have had extra special attention and are barely planes by modern standards
I like the implication that mathematicians are not reasonably people.
Well, have you talked to them?
They are the one who thought “we don’t have enough numbers” and invented imaginary ones.
There’s probably a parrot older than that, somewhere.
Oops…sorry!
https://media.tenor.com/mK0CV18OzXsAAAAM/monty-python-dead-parrot.gif
Holy moly, it was 49 years old, from January 1976: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angara_Airlines_Flight_2311