Three planes bound for Moscow from Turkey turn back, source says

The aircraft is expected to land at Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen International Airport

Moscow, October 12. /TASS/. An air traffic control service source told TASS: "Three passenger planes flying from Turkey to Moscow have turned over Lithuania and started to return due to restrictions at the Vnukovo airport."

The source said: "The flights from Izmir, Antalya and Istanbul to Moscow's Vonukovo Airport turned around in Lithuanian airspace and turned back. The plane is expected to land at Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Istanbul.

Earlier, Russia's Federal Aviation Agency Rosaviatsia said that temporary restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft were in place to ensure flight safety at Vnukovo.