S7 flight from Novosibirsk to Moscow forced to land in Nizhny Novgorod, passengers locked

The S7 flight 2514 from Novosibirsk to Moscow was forced to land in Nizhny Novgorod on the night of 11–12 October and passengers were locked in the cabin for three hours; the flight had been scheduled to arrive at Moscow airport at 21:00.

The incident occurred while a “cover” plan was in effect at Moscow airports, passengers had to sit in their jackets and heard a siren, Moscow mayor Sergey Sobyanin said 16 drones were shot down over the capital, and emergency services were called to the debris site.