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18 of July, 10:58

Russian airline stop transit flights via Ukraine
Russian airlines in connection with the crash in Ukraine Boeing Malaysian airlines cease execution of transit flights using the airspace of the country, said on the last working day of the week Rosaviatsia.

Liner, the beauty of which there were 298 people crashed on Thursday in Donetsk region. Advisor to the head of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko wrote on his Facebook page that the plane was flying at the height of 10600 meters and was shot down from anti-aircraft missile complex " Buk ". Militiamen told that they have no weapons capable of shooting down a passenger aircraft at a height of 10 kilometers.

" The routes are being laid bypassing Ukraine through the Russian Federation with further access into the airspace of other neighboring countries, which provide safe passage through its territory ", - is informed in the report of the Federal air transport Agency.

according to the Minister, now the Russian airline decide on cancellation or continuation of regular messages with paragraphs on the square of Ukraine. For example, ogromnaya Russian airline Aeroflot July 17 announced invalid two flights to Odessa and Kiev, July 18 - a regular flight to Kiev.

" The resumption of transit flights through Ukrainian territory, according to the Russian air carriers, can occur only after unconditional and guaranteed the safety of flights in the airspace of Ukraine ", - stated in the message of Federal air transport Agency.

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