Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Russia will investigate the failures of its airports

Chaos, flight delays and numerous problems that have occurred in the two major Russian airports, Sheremetyevo and Domodedevo, due to freezing rain will be investigated by the prosecutor of Moscow. "A check has been launched in international airports Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo to establish the reasons for the massive flight delays," said the prosecutor.

Investigators have visited these two airports to "examine the situation there" to "defend the rights of passengers," said a prosecutor's prosecutor of Moscow, Yevgeny Pospelov, quoted by the Russian agency Interfax. FIGHT FOR MOUNTING IN AN AIRPLANE started the investigation after strong protests from passengers, some were trapped nearly two days in airports, in addition to delays and flight cancellations, electricity, water, and even ventilation, were sometimes broken.


All this culminated in a riot early Monday when passengers stormed the passport control area to demand information on their flights. Sheremetyevo A second airport in the capital, passengers have come to blows to board airplanes and airport staff were threatened, reports the Russian press.

In total, nearly two hundred flights were canceled at both airports on Monday. According to airport authorities, the return to normal would take another two days, not until Wednesday.

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