Airports Lift Flight Restrictions After Drone Threat
Arkhangelsk Airport (Talagi) – restrictions on the acceptance and departure of aircraft have been lifted. Restrictions were introduced on 12.08 and lasted for five and a half hours.
Consensus
- Restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures were lifted at multiple Russian airports.
- The restrictions were implemented for aviation safety reasons.
- The measures were introduced in response to drone activity in the region.
- Rosaviatsiya (Russian Federal Aviation Agency) announced the lifting of restrictions.
- Some airports resumed operations under special coordination with authorities before full restrictions were lifted.
Points of divergence
- Restrictions were lifted for Kaluga and Vnukovo airports on August 17. — interfax
- Temporary restrictions were introduced at Kaluga Airport (Grabtsevo), with no further details provided. — riamo
- 54 drones were shot down in Leningrad Oblast by morning; the air danger was lifted at 06:48. — fontanka
- 59 drones were shot down in Leningrad Oblast; 50 flights were delayed by over two hours at Pulkovo Airport. — kommersant
- Restrictions were lifted at Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo at 06:39 MSK; Sochi airport also had temporary restrictions overnight. — vedomosti
- Restrictions were lifted at Vnukovo, Zhukovsky, and the airport returned to normal operations; restrictions in Domodedovo were still in effect. — m24
Coverage (20 sources)
- Flight restrictions at Arkhangelsk airport lifted — Вести
- Rosaviatsia banned flights at Domodedovo and Zhukovsky airports — Вести
- Rosaviatsia has completely banned flights at Vnukovo Airport — Вести
- Flight restrictions introduced at Samara airport — Вести
- Restrictions on Kaluga and Vnukovo airports have been cancelled — Интерфакс
- Rosaviatsia lifted flight restrictions at Gelendzhik Airport — Вести
- Rosaviatsia: temporary restrictions introduced at Kaluga airport — РИАМО
- Rosaviatsia banned flights at Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky airports — Вести
- Kaluga Airport cut off air traffic — Вести
- Rosaviatsia allowed flights at Machakala airport — Вести
- Rosaviatsia suspended the operation of the airport of Machakala — Вести
- Pulkovo Airport is operating normally — Вести
- Flight restrictions lifted in Yaroslavl and Cherepovets airports — Вести
- In airports Domodedovo and Zhukovsky restrictions on flights were lifted — РИАМО
- Restrictions on flights at Vnukovo Airport lifted — РИАМО
- Kaluga Airport temporarily does not accept or send aircraft — РИАМО
- In Kaluga, aviation restrictions introduced for the third time today — Вести
- Kaluga airspace once again available for passenger transport — Вести
- Flight restrictions imposed at Kaluga airport — Вести
- For Kirov airport restrictions on takeoff and landing of aircraft were cancelled — Интерфакс
Key entities
- Rosaviation
- Moscow
- Kalugi
- Krasnodar
- INTERFAX.RU
- Pskov
- Vnukovo
- Grabcevo
- Vnukovo
- Gelendzhik
- Airport
- Pulkovo
- Artem Korenyako
- Mah
- Oleg Melnichenko
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