In Moscow closed the airport Vnukovo

1 from Moscow airports temporarily stopped their own work in consequence of atmospheric conditions. The number of flights is sent to the auxiliary airfields in consequence of bad visibility on the runways.

In consequence of the heavy snowfall, which in the morning fell on the city of Moscow, Vnukovo airport has temporarily stopped their own work. This is because on the runways was launched difficulties with visibility.

All flights, which promised to depart from this airport have been diverted to other air Harbor, for example 7 - Sheremetyevo 2 - in Nizhny Novgorod, tells LifeNews referring to the informant in Vnukovo. "At the moment only 1 airport receives flights. This Vnukovo, there is the cleaning of the bands," the story of the worker hub.

According to official data, at 09:50 illusion on the runways was only 200 meters, this situation contributed to a partial cancellation of flights. But in real time it had already increased to thousand meters.

Adherents of the airport said that Vnukovo "operates on the actual weather", informs "Interfax". Additionally, it is emphasized that in air Harbor is often patrol clearing runways. Besides the followers of the airport sought to wish the citizens to specify the time of arrival of the flights on the online scoreboard or in a directory service, and to use the airport Express as on highways in consequence of the snow storms have formed many kilometers of traffic jams.

According to reliable information online scoreboard Vnukovo airport, arrested 13 flights. Namely, delayed flights "UTair" and "Gazprom Avia" in Krasnodar, "Transaero" in Vienna, Berlin and Rome, suspended the departure of "Aeroflot" in St. Petersburg, "Georgian Airways" in Tbilisi.

Autumni.Ru wrote that snow paralyzed the city of Moscow. This is due to the fact that December 25th during the day are assumed to be heavy snow, Blizzard and ice, which will lead to miles of traffic jams. "December 25, 2014 between the hours of 09:00 to 21:00 hours in Moscow within the ring road, as well as Trinity and Novomoskovsk administrative districts (Tina) and the Moscow region are expected snow, heavy in places, the wind with gusts up to 15 meters per second and above, Blizzard, sleet and snow forward, - is told in the news MOE. - Estimated number of precipitation to 21:00 in Moscow is three to seven, sometimes up to 12 mm, the growth snow - 5-12 cm, Tina - 5-12 mm, the growth snow - 7-14 cm, in regional areas - 2-14 mm, and growth snow - 3-15 cm".

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