Nhau dzakabva kuRussia dzekuti makambani makuru endege maviri, Ural Airlines neKuban Airlines, akazivisa kare kuti vaizomisa ndege yavo "yechinyakare" yakavakwa neSoviet ichatumira mitsetse yevaoni vendege vemuAfrica. Kare Africa yanga iri nzvimbo yekurasira ndege dzeAntonov neIlyushin, dzaive dzakachipa kuwana asi dzaive dzemafuta emhando yepamusoro, dzakaoma kuchengetedza.
Ndege dzakavakwa dzeSoviet era dzaigara dzichibatanidzwa mutsaona dzakawanda dzendege dzakapupurirwa mukondinendi yese, muCongo DR, Sudan uye kumwewo, zvichitora mazana ehupenyu muhurongwa pamusoro pehurombo kana kusagadziriswa uye kushomeka kwekudzidziswa kwevashandi.
Kunyange zvazvo vagadziri vendege vanofanoona vakabatana nepasirese repamusoro-soro mukurambidza mhuka dzinobhururuka idzi, nyika dzakati wandei dzichiri kuratidza kuda kuti mhando dzendege idzi dzinyoreswe, dzichivapa zvitupa zvekufamba nendege uye kubvumidza vendege kuti vashandise.
Mushure mezvo, dzakawanda dzendege idzi dzave kupera muRussia, zvichitevera kuraira kwehurumende mushure meimwe tsaona dzinouraya, dzichaita murwi wezvakare, asi dzinogona kutengeswa kune vanoshanda muAfrica nevaridzi vendege vanonyatsoziva zvavari kupinda mazviri, kuitira purofiti. uye nezvimwe zvishoma, sokunge kuti hupenyu hweAfrica hushoma pane hwemuRussia. Zvicharamba zvichionekwa kana mafungu ekupedzisira ekubvisa basa kweSoviet era ndege ichaona zvakare Africa ichiva nzvimbo yekurasira michina ine ngozi uye ine njodzi inowanzotsanangurwa pano se "mabhokisi anobhururuka".
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- Ndege dzakavakwa dzeSoviet era dzaigara dzichibatanidzwa mutsaona dzakawanda dzendege dzakapupurirwa mukondinendi yese, muCongo DR, Sudan uye kumwewo, zvichitora mazana ehupenyu muhurongwa pamusoro pehurombo kana kusagadziriswa uye kushomeka kwekudzidziswa kwevashandi.
- Subsequently, many of those aircraft now phased out in Russia, following a government directive after a few more fatal accidents, will into scrap heap, but likely be sold to African operators and airline owners who know well what they are getting into, for profit considerations and little else, as if African lives count less than those in Russia.
- In the past Africa has been a dumping ground for the planes of Antonov and Ilyushin make, which were cheap to acquire but were fuel guzzlers of the highest order, difficult to maintain.
