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Bucharest - Moscow TAROM flight on schedule, avoids Ukraine airspace
Romanian airline TAROM's flight from Bucharest to Moscow scheduled at 1.05pm EET maintains its normal departure time, but will avoid passing through Ukraine's airspace, TAROM communication manager Georgeta Dinu announced on Thursday night.
She mentioned that the decision was taken after the downing of the Malaysia Airlines airliner in Ukraine, and mentioned that Ukraine's airspace is closed anyhow. 'Passengers can come to the plane,' she pointed out.
TAROM's website mentions that the RO 241/2 flights from Bucharest to Moscow and back are using a detour to avoid Ukraine.
Several other airlines also announced they will avoid Ukraine's airspace.
MAE activates crisis cell after airliner downing in Ukraine
Foreign Affairs Minister Titus Corlatean announced the activation of the crisis cell at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday night, after the crushing of the Malaysian Airlines airliner in Ukraine.
Talking by phone with journalists of RTV news channel, he said, 'Of course we are interested whether there were Romanians on board of this airplane. I have instructed our embassies in the Netherlands, Ukraine and Malaysia to act quickly for getting access to the passengers list. I have activated the cell crisis at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs half an hour ago to monitor permanently the evolutions. We are waiting for these elements, and obviously we will inform the public.'
The minister underlined that until the circumstances of the event are elucidate, he will refrain from providing details.