All Moscow airports suspended operations overnight, with hundreds of flights delayed or canceled again
All Moscow airports suspended operations overnight, with hundreds of flights delayed or canceled again
Restrictions at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, Zhukovsky, and Sheremetyevo airports were lifted only in the morning, according to a statement from Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
In total, operations were restricted at no fewer than 12 Russian airports overnight on October 17 due to drone attacks.
More than 350 flights were canceled or delayed in Moscow, most of them at Sheremetyevo, Meduza reports, citing online departure and arrival boards.
Because of the restrictions at Moscow airports, flights are being diverted to other cities, while passengers are waiting for hours inside aircraft after landing, the outlet Ostorozhno, Novosti reports, citing readers. Passengers are being taken to Moscow by bus.
Photo: Ostorozhno, Novosti
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Moscow Aviation Ends Up on Buses
Moscow airports shut overnight, delaying or canceling more than 350 flights.
The buses kept air travel moving again.