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Illegal batch of drugs worth over $90 mln seized in Moscow

Illegal batch of drugs worth over $90 mln seized in Moscow

A large batch of methadone, a drug banned in Russia, worth more than 5.8 bln rubles ($93 mln) was seized by customs officers at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport, the Federal Customs Service said. "A large batch of undeclared …

Vnukovo Airport and FSB Academy receive bomb threats

Vnukovo Airport and FSB Academy receive bomb threats

Russia’s FSB Academy and Vnukovo Airport received an anonymous bomb threat report, and a security sweep is being conducted, an emergency source said. "An unknown person reported that an explosive device had been planted …

Utair flight returns to Vnukovo due to problem with chassis

Utair flight returns to Vnukovo due to problem with chassis

A Boeing 737 from the Russian airline Utair that was headed to Milan has returned to Vnukovo Airport near Moscow due to a problem with the plane's chassis, the company said. "After take-off from Vnukovo, the Boeing 737-800 had …

Bees cause flight delay at Moscow airport

Bees cause flight delay at Moscow airport

Bumblebees that flew into the cabin of a plane ended up delaying the flight’s departure from Moscow’s Vnukovo airport to the Crimean capital of Simferopol, for almost 1.5 hours, the press service of Rossiya Airlines reported. …

Thick snowfall delays more than 30 flights at Moscow airports

Thick snowfall delays more than 30 flights at Moscow airports

More than 30 flights are delayed in bad weather on Sunday in Moscow, TASS reported citing the Yandex portal. At the Sheremetyevo airport 24 flights were delayed as of 09:30, at Domodedovo - nine, and another 14 were cancelled. …

Airport employee arrested in Moscow for mining cryptocurrency

Airport employee arrested in Moscow for mining cryptocurrency

The FSB  conducted a search at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on December 5, 2017. One employee, a system administrator, had seemingly launched a bitcoin mining farm right at his workplace, Russia Beyond reports with a reference to the …

Three Moscow airports receive bomb threats

Three Moscow airports receive bomb threats

Three Moscow airports, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo and Zhukovsky, received anonymous calls about bombs on their territory, security services reported. Bomb threats are being investigated. It is specified that phone terrorists called …

Over 50 flights canceled or delayed in Moscow airports

Over 50 flights canceled or delayed in Moscow airports

Over 50 flights have been canceled or delayed in Moscow airports this morning. 30 flights were canceled and 19 were delayed in Domodedovo. One flight was delayed in Sheremetyevo and one in Vnukovo. …

Crew in Vnukovo boycotts flight to Yerevan due to brawler

Crew in Vnukovo boycotts flight to Yerevan due to brawler

 The crew boycotted the flight to Yerevan at the Vnukovo Moscow airport because of the passenger who insisted on getting a business class seat. The incident occurred tonight at about 3:00 (MSK). A UTair Boeing was supposed to …

AZAL and Vnukovo make Moscow and Baku closer

AZAL and Vnukovo make Moscow and Baku closer

Today, an agreement to increase the number of regular flights Baku-Moscow to 2 per day was signed at the Moscow Vnukovo Airport. The agreement was signed between Vnukovo Airport CEO Vasily Alexandrov and the Vice-President of …

Almost 80 flights cancelled in Moscow

Almost 80 flights cancelled in Moscow

About 80 flights have been cancelled at Moscow airports due to bad weather conditions, according to the Yandex.ru website. As of 10.15am Moscow Time, nine flights have been cancelled at the Domodedovo airport, 18 more will be delayed. …

UTair plane returns to Vnukovo due to malfunction

UTair plane returns to Vnukovo due to malfunction

Boeing of UTair airline flying from Moscow's Vnukovo airport to Makhachkala had to return to the airport due to a technical malfunction, which was detected by pilots during the flight, the press service of Vnukovo reported. The …

Snowfall in Moscow cancels 80 flights

Snowfall in Moscow cancels 80 flights

In Moscow, due to difficult weather conditions, more than 80 flights have been delayed or cancelled, the bulletin board of 'Yandex' service reports. Sheremetyevo Airport suffered the most, where 10 flights were delayed and 62 …

‘Transaero’ no longer flying to Stavropol

‘Transaero’ no longer flying to Stavropol

The flights between Moscow and Stavropol have been terminated by being on the verge of bankruptcy the Transaero airlines. Latest company's aircrafts flew on this route to the airport ‘Domodedovo’ on September 30th. …