Aviation incidents

During the night, 2 flights out of 57 were carried out from Sochi International Airport. The reason for this was a difficult meteorological situation — heavy fog. This was reported in the press service of the company "Aerodynamics", which manages the airports of Sochi, Anapa and Krasnodar.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu presented the Su-27 pilots to state awards after the incident with the American MQ-9 drone over the Black Sea. This was reported by the press service of the defense department.

The State Duma adopted in the third reading a law that obliges residents of the country to register with the Federal Air Transport Agency not only drones, but also other civil ultralight aircraft with a design weight of up to 115 kg.

During the emergency landing of the Robinson R-44 helicopter northeast of Krasnaya Mountain on Sakhalin, two people were killed — the pilot and the passenger. This was reported in the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia.

In the northeast of the Sakhalin region, a Robinson R-44 helicopter disappeared from radar screens, on board of which, according to preliminary information, there were three people. The Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that the plane made an emergency landing.

At the Norilsk airport, the NordStar Boeing plane rolled off the runway, the West Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office said. The supervisory authority organized a check of the aviation incident.

As of Thursday morning, according to the Yandex.Schedule service, more than 50 flights were delayed or canceled at three Moscow airports.