Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Russia bans flights over parts of Crimea, Black Sea - AA

Russia bans flights over parts of Crimea, Black Sea

Russia temporarily restricted flights of aviation over parts of Crimea and the Black Sea, according to a notice to airmen (NOTAM).

"The area has been declared temporarily dangerous for aircraft flights," the NOTAM document said.

The zone of restriction of flights includes some areas over the southern part of Crimea, from Sevastopol to Feodosia, the territorial waters adjacent to the Southern coast of Crimea, and part of the international waters of the Black Sea.

On April 14, Russia announced that it suspended the possibility of foreign warships passage through its territorial waters in the Black Sea from April 24 to Oct. 31.

The move came a day after Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said Russia "is taking measures in response to threats from NATO."

In a separate statement, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov explained that the limitations are valid only for warships, not for trade and civil vessels.

Responding to the protest from Kyiv, which demanded to cancel the limitations, Ryabkov said no restrictions were introduced for the use of Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov and for its trade and civil shipping in the region.

1 comment:

  1. Russia has issued three NOTAMs in total. They will be active until April 24 with minor differences. A number of air routes in the Simferopol flight information region over the Black Sea will be fully closed. The flight zone over the Crimean Peninsula remains open.

    According to the NOTAMs, in some areas, air routes are suspended only at the height of over 11,900 meters (higher than civilian flights ascend) in some areas, while some zones have introduced restrictions for flights over 6,100 meters. Meanwhile, in certain areas, the shutdown is from sea level.

    Earlier on Tuesday, the press service of the Black Sea Fleet informed that within the control inspection of the fleet’s forces for the winter training period, drills involving over 20 ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet and three squadrons of attack aircrafts of the Southern Military District’s air forces and air defense forces were held.

    Earlier, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a NOTAM recommending American airlines to conduct flights over some areas of Russia and Ukraine, namely the flight information regions of Kiev, Dnipro and Simferopol, as well as the Moscow and Rostov-on-Don flight information regions located within 100 nautical miles of them with "extreme caution."
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