On: Logistics challenges of saving Air India’s diverted 777 in Russia

[toomuchtodo]

5th pod/pylon to ferry an extra engine with.

https://simpleflying.com/boeing-747-5-engines/

https://youtu.be/Da7VjWkzbn8

The video above mentions that the Antonov An 225 was the only aircraft large enough to carry the engine referenced in the hold (versus a pod ferry position). That aircraft was destroyed in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War as of February 2022.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225_Mriya

[realityking → toomuchtodo]

The article for this thread says that an AN 124 is sufficient. Not a lot of those to go around either but not as bad of a situation.

[inferiorhuman → realityking]

The 225 is a stretched 224, it's pretty unlikely that the engines of 777 are too long for a 124.

[Yizahi → realityking]

Ukrainian An-124 wouldn't fly there, and Ruzzian An-124 will be impounded if they fly outside.

[sudosysgen → Yizahi]

India isn't going to impound Russian planes.

[inferiorhuman → realityking]

Whoops I butchered that. The AN-225 is "merely" a stretched AN-124.