Snowfall paralyzed the work of Moscow airports

In Russia, heavy snowfall.

Heavy snow continues in the Russian capital on Saturday morning, the number of delayed flights in Moscow airports has increased.

“Airfield services are working in emergency mode, aircraft machinery carries out clearing the runways, taxiways and aprons. It can create minor difficulties in the form of flight delays on departure and arrival lasting from an hour to two hours,” said a source in air traffic control services.

Meanwhile, according to service “Yandex.Schedule” Saturday morning at the airports of Moscow almost 100 flights delayed, six cancelled.

The most difficult situation in “Sheremetyevo” – there are 65 flights delayed in Domodedovo-31 flight is delayed and five canceled, in “Vnukovo” detained nine flights, one cancelled.

Meanwhile, a source said that before the snowfall provoked a long delay 50 flights to “Sheremetyevo”, and one flight was delayed for more than two hours in “Vnukovo” and “Domodedovo”.

On alternate aerodromes six flights.

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