Russian authorities on Thursday closed all four of Moscow’s airports, plus a fifth one in a city about 100 miles southwest of the country’s capital, citing unspecified safety concerns.
In total, five airports, four of which are located just outside Russia’s capital, Moscow, were “temporarily not accepting or sending flights,” according to a statement from Russia’s aviation authority, Rosaviatsia.
“To ensure the safety of civil aircraft flights, temporary restrictions have been introduced on the operation of Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Zhukovsky and Kaluga airports,” Rosaviatsia said in a post on Telegram.
All four of Moscow airports reopened after being briefly closed, with the fifth airport, in Kaluga, around 100 miles from Moscow reopening later on Thursday afternoon.
Officials did not give an immediate or precise reason for the closures.
“Aircraft crews, air traffic controllers and airport services take all necessary measures to ensure flight safety — this is the top priority,” the official statement posted to Telegram said.
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