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Rosaviatsia announced the lifting of temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft at Sheremetyevo and Zhukovsky airports. The restrictions were imposed after a massive UAV attack: according to Life.ru, over the evening of October 29 and the night of October 30, 862 drones were heading toward the Moscow region, of which 170 were shot down on approach to Moscow.
Aziz KarimovFlight DP6855 from Moscow to Murmansk departed from Sheremetyevo with a 14-hour delay: the schedule was changed seven times without explanation, and passengers were credited 900 rubles each in compensation. The day before, more than 210 flights were delayed and cancelled at Moscow airports.
Otabek YusupovOn October 24, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported a series of downed drones, after which all four Moscow airports, including Sheremetyevo, were temporarily closed. Arriving flights were redirected to other cities, including 25 flights accepted by Pulkovo. At Moscow City, people were evacuated from the IQ-Quarter tower, although TASS attributed this to an alarm malfunction.
Aziz KarimovAn Airbus A330 passenger aircraft of iFly airline, arriving from Khabarovsk, hit a jet bridge with its wing while parking at Sheremetyevo. According to the Telegram channel SHOT, the slat of the left wing was damaged. The aircraft was temporarily grounded, and the jet bridge was sent for maintenance.
Sevara AzamovaAn Airbus A330 of the iFly airline, arriving in Moscow on a flight from Khabarovsk, hit the jet bridge cabin with its left wing while parking at a gate at Sheremetyevo. The aircraft's slat was damaged. The part was quickly replaced, but the plane has been taken out of service; the jet bridge also needs repair.
Sevara AzamovaSheremetyevo airport is accepting and dispatching flights only in coordination with the relevant authorities after temporary restrictions on the use of airspace were introduced. Earlier, Vnukovo introduced a similar regime. Rosaviatsia admits schedule adjustments and emphasizes that the measures were taken for flight safety.
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