Litaba tse tsoang Russia hore lifofane tse peli tse ikemetseng tsa sefofane, Ural Airlines le Kuban Airlines, li phatlalalitse pejana hore li tla emisa lifofane tsa tsona "tsa khale" tse hahiloeng tsa Soviet li tla romela thothomelo mokokotlong oa bashebelli ba lifofane tsa Afrika. Nakong e fetileng Afrika e ne e ntse e le sebaka sa ho qhalla lifofane tsa Antonov le Ilyushin, tse neng li le theko e tlase ho li fumana empa e ne e le li-guzzlers tsa maemo a holimo, ho leng thata ho li boloka.
Lifofane tse hahiloeng mehleng ea Soviet li ne li lula li ameha likotsing tse ngata tsa ho fofa tse pakiloeng kontinenteng eohle, ho la Congo DR, Sudan le libakeng tse ling, ho nka maphelo a batho ba makholo ts'ebetsong ka lebaka la tlhokomelo e mpe kapa e sieo le khaello ea koetliso ea basebetsi.
Le ha balaoli ba lifofane ba bonelang pele ba kenelletse le lefats'e le tsoetseng pele ho tsa tekheniki ho thibela litonanahali tsena tse fofang, linaha tse 'maloa li ntse li bonahala li ikemiselitse ho ngolisa mefuta ena ea lifofane, ho ba fa setifikeiti sa boits'oaro ba moea le ho lumella lifofane ho li sebelisa.
Kamora moo, tse ngata tsa lifofane tseo li se li felile Russia, kamora taelo ea mmuso kamora likotsi tse 'maloa tse bolaeang, li tla fetoha qubu, empa li kanna tsa rekisetsoa basebetsi ba Maafrika le beng ba lifofane ba tsebang hantle seo ba kenang ho sona, molemong oa phaello mme ha ho letho le leng, joalo ka ha eka bophelo ba Maafrika bo baloa ka tlase ho ba Russia. Ho ntse ho tla bonahala hore na leqhubu la morao-rao la ho felisa lifofane tsa mehla ea Soviet le tla boela le bone Afrika e fetoha sebaka sa ho qhalla litšila le mechini e kotsi haholo eo hangata e hlalosoang mona e le "mabokose a fofang".
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- Lifofane tse hahiloeng mehleng ea Soviet li ne li lula li ameha likotsing tse ngata tsa ho fofa tse pakiloeng kontinenteng eohle, ho la Congo DR, Sudan le libakeng tse ling, ho nka maphelo a batho ba makholo ts'ebetsong ka lebaka la tlhokomelo e mpe kapa e sieo le khaello ea koetliso ea basebetsi.
- 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.
