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Over 1,000 violations in flight and aviation safety have been detected in a recent inspection held by the Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor’s Office of Russian Far Eastern airline companies and airports, a statement from the Office said Monday.

The inspection, held among the companies in Khabarovsk, Kamchatka, Amur, Magadan and Sakhalin regions and Primorye, showed a number of flight operators lack necessary licenses and certificates of conformity.

Among the violators is Dalavia, which at the time of inspection was operating without a license, and the airport in the town of Tynda in Amur region, with a criminal case launched against the company on illegal business activity.

Khabarovsk’s and Komsomolsk-on-Amur’s airports, as well as certain flight operators (such as Dalavia), lack the required number of aviation security staff members, resulting in inadequate airliner inspections and poor control over fuel quality, the statement said.

Sakhalin’s aviation company Aviashelf purchased faulty units and components from plane repairing plants, the inspection showed.

The inspection also revealed cases of transporting unregistered passengers at the company Khabarovsk Airlines, resulting in a criminal case launched on fraud.

Overall, a total of 134 orders to eliminate violations were filed to the companies’ directors, the statement said. Sixty three disciplinary liability cases have been started against officials, and 95 administrative cases have been launched. Twenty writs have been sent to the court, and two criminal cases started, the statement said.