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Flights over Russia: How safe are travelers?

Airlines like Air China continue to fly over Russian territory. How dangerous is that?(Bild: Markus Mainka / imageBROKER / picturedesk.com)

Although the war in Ukraine is raging, many non-European airlines fly over Russian territory every day. On board are hundreds of Austrians traveling from Vienna to Asia, for example. The EU warns. How safe are these flights, especially after the shooting down of a jet in Kazakhstan? Krone+ knows more. 

In a safety notice published just a few days ago, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) described flights over Russia as "high-risk". The war in Ukraine poses the risk "that civilian aircraft in the airspace of the Russian Federation (...) could inadvertently become a target". In particular, the airspace in western Russia must be avoided following the shooting down of an Azerbaijan Airlines aircraft near the city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan at the end of December, EASA demands.