MOSCOW, May 17. /TASS/. About 51 aircraft bound for Moscow airports have diverted to alternate airfields due to previously imposed temporary restrictions on the Moscow aviation hub, the Russian Transport Ministry reported.

"Civil aviation operations in the Moscow region are under special monitoring by the Transport Ministry and the Federal Air Transport Agency. <...> Last night and early this morning, 51 aircraft diverted to alternate airfields due to temporary restrictions on airspace use," the ministry said in its channel on Russia’s Max national messenger.

In addition, about 32 flights were reported to be delayed for departure by more than two hours.