Turkish Airlines’ TK 401 Istanbul – St. Petersburg flight numbered failed to land at Pulkovo Airport, and headed for Moscow. transmits Moyka78. The publication explains that difficulties arose due to bad weather – the northern capital is covered with snow.
It is reported that the board in the Slantsy area made several circles in the sky, and then headed for the capital. Passengers waiting for a flight to Pulkovo have been warned about the changes. Now the arrival airport on the online scoreboard is Vnukovo.
Before that, the Ural Airlines flight from Yekaterinburg, which could not land in Pulkovo on the first flight, set off for the second tour.
Previously, St. Petersburg airport and in Moscow Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo introduced maximum threat level of terrorist attacks. In addition, Rostransnadzor informed the airlines of the need to take additional security measures corresponding to the new threat level.