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According to sources quoted by the Indian news website, the SU-30MKIs began to experience a high rate of engine failure after induction. Each engine has a life that is measured in hours, around 300 hours spent flying, taking off and landing between overhauls. To maintain them, the engines are subjected to periodic overhauling, calculated as Time Between Overhauls (TBO). A majority of the SU-30MKI's engines were withdrawn even before their TBO.
Newindpress added that though a batch of the Sukhois has been dispatched to the Lohegan Air Force Station in Pune, the IAF has decided not to accept them until the Russian manufacturers Rosvoorouzhenie accept its demands to rectify the several glitches in the aircraft.
The IAF has also suggested to the Ministry of Defence that further payments to the Russians be stopped until the demands are met.
In May, Malaysia had agreed to buy 18 Sukhoi Su-30 MKM jets under a RM3.4
billion deal signed during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kuala Lumpur.
In April 2002, The Times of India reported that Russia wanted India to participate in the development of Sukhoi aircraft for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) as the fighter jet sought by Kuala Lumpur would be a derivative of SU-30 MKI, which are being operated by the Indian Air Force.
Meanwhile, Najib Razak said the Defence Ministry will look into the news report of IAF's rejection, and the Royal Military Air Force (RMAF) will determine whether this will affect Malaysia's deal with Russia to buy the Sukhoi Su-30 MKM.
According to sources quoted by the Indian news website, the SU-30MKIs began to experience a high rate of engine failure after induction. Each engine has a life that is measured in hours, around 300 hours spent flying, taking off and landing between overhauls. To maintain them, the engines are subjected to periodic overhauling, calculated as Time Between Overhauls (TBO). A majority of the SU-30MKI's engines were withdrawn even before their TBO.
Newindpress added that though a batch of the Sukhois has been dispatched to the Lohegan Air Force Station in Pune, the IAF has decided not to accept them until the Russian manufacturers Rosvoorouzhenie accept its demands to rectify the several glitches in the aircraft.
The IAF has also suggested to the Ministry of Defence that further payments to the Russians be stopped until the demands are met.
In May, Malaysia had agreed to buy 18 Sukhoi Su-30 MKM jets under a RM3.4
billion deal signed during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Kuala Lumpur.
In April 2002, The Times of India reported that Russia wanted India to participate in the development of Sukhoi aircraft for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) as the fighter jet sought by Kuala Lumpur would be a derivative of SU-30 MKI, which are being operated by the Indian Air Force.
Meanwhile, Najib Razak said the Defence Ministry will look into the news report of IAF's rejection, and the Royal Military Air Force (RMAF) will determine whether this will affect Malaysia's deal with Russia to buy the Sukhoi Su-30 MKM.