MOSCOW, Aug 11 (Reuters) – The airspace over Moscow’s Vnukovo airport was temporarily closed on Friday, with all arrivals and departures suspended, and Russia’s RIA news agency said the move was due to a suspected drone flight in the area.
« For reasons beyond the control of the airport, temporary restrictions on the landing and take-offs of aircraft were introduced in Vnukovo, » the airport said.
« For safety reasons, some of the flights were redirected to other airports of the Moscow aviation hub, » it said, without commenting further.
There has been a number of drone attacks in the Moscow area in recent weeks that Russia has blamed on Ukraine.
Reporting by Gleb Stolaryov; editing by Guy Faulconbridge and Gareth Jones
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