Files of corruption and waste of money in Iraqi Airways

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[size=52]Files of corruption and waste of money in Iraqi Airways[/size]

[size=45]* 8 planes perched on Baghdad airport, one of them belonging to al-Maliki was damaged by the bombing[/size]
[size=45] The Minister of Transport bears the responsibility for stopping the planes because of his objection to the powers of the Director General[/size]
[size=45](part One)[/size]
[size=45]Baghdad/ Al Mada[/size]
[size=45](Al-Mada) reveals the details of major financial corruption deals within the corridors of the Iraqi Airways Company, which is the largest airline in the country, and is owned by the Iraqi state. Financial corruption includes several files,[/size]
[size=45]Most notably, there are out-of-service planes, spare parts for which are purchased at fantastic prices, despite their expired life, as well as other files, including the appointment of foreign experts with large salaries, and the appointment of company managers outside of regulations and laws.[/size]
[size=45]Documents issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Transport in August 2022 and obtained by Al-Mada revealed that more than 22 aircraft with the General Company for Iraqi Airways are out of service, stressing the need to return these aircraft for the purpose of benefiting from them in commercial air transport and maximizing the company’s resources.[/size]
[size=45]Against this background, the Ministry of Transport decided to withdraw the hand of the director of the General Company for Airlines, Abbas Omran Moussa, for a period not exceeding 60 days, to ensure the conduct of the investigation into the scandal of the grounded planes and mismanagement.[/size]
[size=45]22 planes stopped working![/size]
[size=45]According to the documents obtained by Al-Mada, there are 8 planes perched on the grounds of Baghdad Airport, one of which belongs to former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, and is known as the presidential plane that was damaged by the bombing of Baghdad International Airport in January 2022, and the most prominent planes are:[/size]
[size=45]1- Two 767 planes, which were parked due to a failure of their engines in 2018, and were stopped by the Board of Directors due to the high costs of their maintenance, and they need to replace aircraft legs and improvements to survival equipment and the TCAS air control system, among others. Selling and not maintaining.[/size]
[size=45]2- A 737 aircraft with AQK-YI registration, which was parked in 2018 due to the failure of its engines and the need for some main materials, including giving life to the legs of the plane, which ended its operational life and a letter was submitted to the Board of Directors in 2019, without reference to its return to service.[/size]
[size=45]3- The 747 jumbo jet, registered as ASA-YI, has been discontinued due to its need for two new engines and two other engines that require mandatory improvements and replacement of aircraft legs and a 6-year inspection, which is an expensive examination, and needs heavy examination and some equipment, and the cost may reach 30 million dollars and the price of the plane is less than Therefore, it is suspended for the reasons above, and not due to the negligence of the engineering staff.[/size]
[size=45]4- The 747 jumbo plane of registration AQQ-YI needs to replace the aircraft’s legs and perform a 6-year inspection, and it needs a heavy examination and the cost of bringing it back into service is great, and the aircraft is over 25 years old.[/size]
[size=45]5- The 737 aircraft, as follows:[/size]
[size=45]a .ASG-YI has been discontinued due to its engine failure and has been sent to an authorized factory for repair and return.[/size]
[size=45]b.ASI-YI has been discontinued due to engine failure and has been sent to an authorized factory for repair and return.[/size]
[size=45]c.ASJ-YI has stopped due to engine failure and has been sent to an approved factory for repair and return.[/size]
[size=45]d.ASH-YI Motor failure.[/size]
[size=45]e. ASU-YI Engine malfunction.[/size]
[size=45]Although there is a decision of the Board of Directors of the General Company for Iraqi Airways to purchase three engines for this type of aircraft, and in the third session of 2019, the item was suspended by the Ministry of Transport.[/size]
[size=45]6 CRJ aircraft, which are:[/size]
[size=45]a.AQA-YI A shortage of materials on the plane.[/size]
[size=45]b AQC-YI .There is one motor sent for maintenance.[/size]
[size=45]c. AQE-YI A shortage of two engines and a lot of materials from a long time ago, due to the sending of the engines by the Turkish company ATSTeam for maintenance, whose contract has expired.[/size]
[size=45]7 aircraft of the 320, which are:[/size]
[size=45]a.AGS-YI has no engines, needs some materials, and has been discontinued since contracting with the Turkish company.[/size]
[size=45]ATSteam, which was among their work assignments.[/size]
[size=45]b .ARA-YI has no engines and needs some materials and has been stopped since contracting with the Turkish company.[/size]
[size=45]ATSteam, which was among their work assignments.[/size]
[size=45]8- The Airbus presidential plane of former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, which was stopped and not from the property of the airline and was bombed and counted among the stopped planes to mislead public opinion, the AQY-YI plane was sent for maintenance, Commercial Section / Foreign Office Division, Iraq on 08/18/2022 It is before we were transferred to the previous administration and as attached to 330.[/size]
[size=45]On October 15, 2022, the ASE-YI plane was stopped due to an engine failure during the flight, and two planes were on the way to a halt due to the end of the life of the engines.[/size]
[size=45]Documents obtained by (Al-Mada) indicate that there is a statement from the Minister of Transport that the aircraft out of service are 22 aircraft, rather 15 aircraft, and this is contrary to reality and as mentioned above, and the main reason for stopping the aircraft is the Minister of Transport personally, because he is responsible for installing department managers in the company. And he refuses to give powers to the former general manager only in the media.[/size]
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