Ural Airlines may have dodged a potential catastrophe in deciding against trying to take off one of their A320s from a farmer's field as planned. The aircraft made an emergency landing in September of 2023 after running out of fuel and the initial plan was to fly it out of the field. The airline ditched that plan as too expensive and elected to salvage what they could. According to Spotter Magazine, crews discovered the fuselage, wing boxes and tail were overstressed in the rough landing and will be scrapped rather than being reused.
What you do when you can’t get new parts, find a beater in a field and strip it for parts. The inspection process may be interesting:
Mechanic holding part: Comrade Inspector, dis part is slightly worn out.
Inspector: Comrade, vill it work?
Mechanic: Da!
Inspector: is it critical?
Mechanic: Neyte!
Inspector: Send it to hanger, ve have plane take off in few hours with cargo for glorious front line to help our brave soldiers. Who needs Airbus when Mother Russia provides from her fertile fields.