Drone incidents cause widespread flight delays and cancellations at Russian airports
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Drone activity in Russia led to more than 400 flight delays in Moscow on 20 September, including over 200 delays and about 30 cancellations at Sheremetyevo Airport, while 68 flights were delayed or cancelled in Sochi the same day.
Subsequent disruptions included seven temporary closures of Sochi Airport on 26 September with 34 flights delayed, 643 delays and 35 cancellations across 24 airports on 2 October, over 150 delays and roughly 10% cancellations on 9‑10 October at Vnukovo, Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky, and at least 32 departures delayed by more than two hours on 10‑11 October after a drone fragment caused a runway fire at Sochi.