Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports resumed receiving flights – Kommersant

Moscow Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports, as well as the Zhukovsky airport located in the Moscow region, are operating normally, the Federal Air Transport Agency said. Flight restrictions have been put in place for safety reasons. On the night of August 28, a drone was shot down in the Lyubertsy district in the Moscow region, which, according to the mayor of the capital, Sergei Sobyanin, was flying towards Moscow.

“As of 07:45 Moscow time on August 28, 2023, Moscow airports and Zhukovsky airport are operating as normal. Earlier, early in the morning, in order to ensure the safety of flights of civil aircraft, flights from Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky were temporarily limited,” the statement reads. message Rosaviatsia.

The department noted that the airports were not closed completely, but only partially, the release of aircraft was allowed. After the introduction of restrictions on the use of airspace, ten aircraft left for neighboring airports. After the ban was lifted, passengers of delayed or canceled flights were delivered to destination airports, the Federal Air Transport Agency noted.

At night about a drone shot down by air defense forces in the Lyubertsy region in the Moscow region informed Sergei Sobyanin. The Russian Defense Ministry later clarified that the drone was destroyed at 4:30. The authorities claim that the UAV was flying towards the capital. According to preliminary information, no one was hurt, there was no damage. According to the online scoreboard of the capital’s airports, early in the morning was detained more than 20 flights, three cancelled.

Milena Kostereva