an hour agoHigh risk: Ukraine closes airspace, Russia delivers emergency message
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(4 years ago)Ukraine on Thursday closed its air space for civilian flights, citing the high risk to security, while the European aviation regulator also warned of danger for flights to border areas with Russia and Belarus because of military activities. On his website, Ukrainian state air traffic authority said [...]
On its website, the Ukrainian state air traffic authority said the country's airspace has been shut down for civilian flights starting in the clock 5 on Thursday and that air traffic services have been suspended, Reuters writes.
The European Agency for Aviation Security said that airspace in Russia and Belarus, within 100 miles of maritime range from their borders with Ukraine, could also pose a security risk.
“in particular, there is danger of deliberate targeting and misidentification of civil aircraft”, the agency said.
The application and possible use of a major land and air combat systems laser poses a high risk to civil flights operating at all altitudes and flight levels”, the report further says.
The agency said Russia's Defence Ministry has sent an urgent message to Ukraine to warn it of high risk to the safety of flights due to the use of weapons and military equipment by clock 5 and that it has asked Ukrainian authority for air traffic control to stop flights.
