Equipping aircraft with video surveillance systems has become another challenge for import substitution.
Russian airlines have encountered a problem in complying with legislative requirements for equipping aircraft with video surveillance systems. There is still no equipment on the market that simultaneously meets transportation safety standards and aviation regulations.
The authorities have been trying to oblige airlines to install cameras on board for 15 years. The Ministry of Transportation established the first requirements in 2011, but for several years their implementation was not actually controlled due to technical impossibility. In 2016 Rostransandzor started fining carriers, after which the Ministry of Transport proposed to postpone the dates to 2019. In 2018, the government moved them to 2020-2025. Later, the dates were revised several more times, and in April 2022 a decision was made that established the current dates.
Aircraft of foreign carriers are equipped with such systems directly at aircraft factories at the request of the operators, a senior manager of one of the airlines told Izvestia. In Russia, according to him, the responsibility for renewing the existing fleet lies with the airlines themselves. It is expected that the new domestic MS-21, SJ-100 and TO-214 will be delivered to carriers with video recording systems installed.
At the same time, to be installed on aircraft, the equipment must simultaneously meet the requirements of transportation safety and aviation regulations FAP-21. However, in Russia there are still no manufacturers producing certified systems that meet both conditions.
The providers ask to delay the deadline by three years and offer to temporarily use alternative means of video recording: smartphones of staff members, service tablets and video recorders. In their opinion, this option will make it possible to find a compromise with the Ministry of the Interior, which opposes the postponement.
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