Through his social networks, the Minister of Transport of Canada, Omar Alghabra, reported that a charter plane in which Russian citizens were traveling He was detained at the airport in Yellowknife, a city in the Northwest Territories in the North American country.
“We will continue to hold Russia accountable for the invasion of Ukraine“, wrote the manager.
Canada seizes plane
According to local media, the Department of Transportation is currently assessing the situation with the Canada Border Services Agency. The objective is to determine if there has been a violation of the ban recently imposed by Canada to Russian aircraft (clean, threaded or certified) so that they cannot operate in airspace.
Although there are currently no direct routes between Russia and Canada, this could complicate flights operated by the Russian company Aeroflot between Russia, the United States and other countries via Canadian airspace.
At the moment, the plane that was held up, which was apparently destined for the settlement of Resolute, on Cornwallis Island, Nunavut, Canada, will not be able to take off until the matter is clarified.
As recently as February 28, Transport Canada denounced that the Russian airline Aeroflot had violated a ban on aircraft using Canadian airspace. It was flight 111. We know the route was planned from Miami to Moscow.
And it’s not the only country. The United States also closed the airspace to Russian planes, but specifically against Aeroflot, they closed the doors of the United Kingdom, Poland, the Czech Republic, etc.
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