“Airport services quickly discovered a defect in the runway pavement.
To ensure the safety of passengers and crews, Orsk Airport was closed, flight routes were changed, ”RIA Novosti quotes the message.
It is noted that two flights en route to Orsk from Moscow and St. Petersburg were directed to alternate airfields.
A free transfer to Orsk and Orenburg will be organized for their passengers.
Earlier it became known that the regime of temporary flight restrictions at 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia was extended until June 6.