MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsia told RIA Novosti it was awaiting an official confirmation before grounding its fleet of Boeing aircraft. A consultation of IAC and Rosaviatsia officials is scheduled for Friday.
The IAC said in a letter on its website that it was "forced to suspend all licenses it has issued for Boeing 737-type planes in the Russian Federation until Rosaviatsia and US FAA [Federal Aviation Administration] submit a joint confirmation that Boeing 737s operating [in Russia] conform to safety standards."
Fears over the safety of passenger planes in Russia have grown in the past few days after a Russian airline Airbus A321 had crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing all 224 people on board.
