As established by the investigation, due to unfavorable meteorological conditions in Moscow on November 2, more than 30 passenger aircraft traveling from different cities could not land at Moscow airports, and Strigino international airport in Nizhny Novgorod was chosen as an alternate airfield.
“The information is being verified that the child became ill on board the plane that flew Krasnodar - Moscow, but because of the heavy fog in Vnukovo, he was forced to land in Nizhny Novgorod.
The passengers of the plane were waiting for departure from Nizhny Novgorod for more than seven hours, while the airport was unable to provide a ladder, which made it impossible to transfer food on board or disembark passengers, ”the UK said in a statement.
The situation is under the control of the acting.
the head of the investigation department.
The investigators of the Central Interregional Transport Investigation Department have already left for the scene.
Earlier, the authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod region formed an operational headquarters to control the situation to provide assistance to aircraft passengers awaiting departure from the airport in Nizhny Novgorod.
The Volga Transport Prosecutor's Office will take action following the consideration of passenger complaints.
In social networks, passengers published videos filmed in different planes, where they said that they were not allowed out of the planes on the runway in Nizhny Novgorod for six to eight hours, and were not given food or water.