Moscow airports continue to experience a collapse as the Air Cairo flight to Hurghada is delayed for over 40 hours due to the lack of crew and closed airspace.

Moscow airports continue to experience a collapse as the Air Cairo flight to Hurghada is delayed for over 40 hours due to the lack of crew and closed airspace.

@meduzalive 17 Oct 2026, 18:05

Passengers of the Moscow-Hurghada flight, delayed for 40 hours, faced refusal from Air Cairo to accommodate them in a hotel and provide meals after an emergency landing in Samara due to crew illness.

@ostorozhno_novosti 17 Oct 2026, 17:07

Passengers of the Moscow-Hurghada flight stranded in Sheremetyevo were removed from the plane and sent to spend the night at the airport due to the entire crew falling ill, resulting in the flight being postponed to the next day.

@bazabazon 17 Oct 2026, 16:08

Passengers of Air Cairo flight SM788 from Sheremetyevo to Hurghada have been waiting for nearly 40 hours due to delays, exacerbated by a flight attendant falling ill just before departure.

@bazabazon 17 Oct 2026, 14:38

Passengers of flight SM 788 of Air Cairo from Moscow to Hurghada faced a flight delay, which was rescheduled to October 17 after the aircraft landed in Samara, leading them to pay for hotels and food themselves.

@ostorozhno_novosti 17 Oct 2026, 14:17

Passengers of six flights from Moscow to the CIS countries and the UAE have been unable to depart for over 13 hours due to regular rescheduling of departure times amid a drone attack.

@ostorozhno_novosti 17 Oct 2026, 10:33

On October 17, Moscow airports again closed arrivals and departures due to the threat of Ukrainian drone attacks, resulting in over 350 flights being delayed or canceled.

@meduzalive 17 Oct 2026, 07:33

Passengers of canceled flights are being sent to Moscow by buses after delays and rerouting to Nizhny Novgorod due to drone attacks, with meal vouchers provided.

@ostorozhno_novosti 17 Oct 2026, 06:44

More than 370 flights were delayed and canceled at Moscow airports due to nighttime restrictions related to the threat of UAV attacks.

@bazabazon 17 Oct 2026, 06:36

Due to restrictions at Moscow airports, flights are being redirected to other cities in Russia, resulting in long waits for passengers inside airplanes without food being provided.

@ostorozhno_novosti 17 Oct 2026, 02:30