[ad_1]
Ukraine uses 53 An-26 aircraft. Image Credit Flickr
At the moment, 53 An-26 aircraft and their modifications are in operation in Ukraine, including 24 in civil aviation and 29 in state aviation.
This was reported by Antonov State Enterprise on its Facebook page.
According to the company, the oldest aircraft is 48 years and five months (1972), the youngest is 35 years and one month (1985).
As noted by “Antonov”, on most civil aviation aircraft An-26, maintenance is carried out in accordance with the regulations for maintenance of aircraft An-24, An-26 with a frequency of the basic form each 500 ± 50 flight hours.
In accordance with the regulations, the following types of maintenance are provided:
- operational maintenance;
- periodic maintenance;
- aircraft storage maintenance;
- seasonal maintenance;
- special maintenance.
“SE” Antonov “, as developer, performs a work of evaluation of the technical state of the aircraft in order to solve the possibility of extending the resources and the useful life of the aircraft structure. The individual working stages of the useful life are from one to two years. An An-26 aircraft can be individually assigned to all modifications a designated service life is 50 years, “says the message.
In addition, the company reported that the company’s specialists are constantly working on the modernization, updating and expansion of the airworthiness of the An-24, An-26, An-30, An-72 and An-74 aircraft in service in order to to ensure your safety. operation for two to five years, until they are replaced by more modern machines.
Antonov State Enterprise has developed an An-178 medium military transport aircraft and it is ready for delivery. This new aircraft with modern equipment on board meets the requirements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and can replace the An-26, even for cadet training. The company has started work on a new army – An-188 transport plane, which will replace the Il-76, whose useful life ends in 2035 “, – he added to the Antonov State Company.
We will remember, on the night of Friday, August 25, in the Kharkov region, in the Chuguev area, an An-26 plane fell. The disaster killed 26 people: crew members and cadets from the Kharkiv National Air Force University.
As reported, Antonov employees entered the state commission to investigate the causes of the An-26 accident near Chuguev.
We also wrote that after the plane crash near Kharkov, Ukraine temporarily banned the use of An-26 aircraft.
