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Ukraine's Antonov Company blocks re-motorization of Russia's An-2 planes

The program is stalled as there are no operation permits for the modernized aircraft
Antonov An-2 (archive) ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin
Antonov An-2 (archive)
© ITAR-TASS/Valery Matytsin

MOSCOW, May 15. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukrainian aircraft Antonov State Company is blocking the re-motorization of the single-engine Antonov-2 biplane being used in Russia, while the US is not trying to hamper the program, Deputy Chairman of the patriotic military training organization DOSAAF Viktor Chernov told ITAR-TASS on Thursday.

The program is stalled as there are no operation permits for the modernized aircraft, he said.