Over 50 flights delayed at Moscow airports due to heavy rain

According to Yandex. Schedules”, on the evening of December 11, 53 flights were delayed and ten more were canceled at Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports.

At 23.58 Moscow time on Sunday, 12 flights to Vnukovo were delayed, three were canceled; in "Domodedovo" 20 flights are delayed, four cancelled. At Sheremetyevo, 21 flights were delayed, three were cancelled. In the Sheremetyevo building, by the way, after the fire alarm went off, the ceiling collapsed and the halls were flooded with water.

It is also known that the Kazan airport did not receive arriving planes the day before due to heavy snowfall and freezing rain. Some passengers flying from Moscow said that 15 minutes before landing they had to go back to the capital.