Russia briefly suspended all flights on the Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, town authorities stated.
The determination got here amid unconfirmed Russian media experiences of an unidentified object comparable to a drone above town.
The authorities of Russia’s second metropolis stated on its official Telegram channel that it had halted all flights on the airport till 12 p.m. native time (9 a.m. GMT). It didn’t present a motive for the suspension.
The state-run TASS news company stated that airspace inside a 200-kilometer (124-mile) radius of Pulkovo had been closed till 1:20 p.m. native time, citing an unnamed supply.
An unconfirmed media report from the web Russian news outlet Baza stated an unidentified object had been noticed within the sky and that fighter jets had been dispatched to analyze.
Reuters couldn’t instantly verify that report.
Data from the Flight Radar web site confirmed a variety of home flights headed for St Petersburg turning again to their locations.
Meanwhile, the airspace closure additionally seemed to be affecting flights en path to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad, which requires planes to fly over St. Petersburg.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
