On Wednesday December 29, the first Tupolev Tu-204SM jetliner performed its maiden flight from the aerodrome of Ulyanovsk aviation plant.

Russian prime-minister Vladimir Putin said that those who are responsible for situation in the airports were not efficient. He reminded that, due to bad weather, the situation in Moscow airports became unsatisfactory.

Russia’s president Dmitry Medvedev revealed of their duties Vyacheslav Filin, vice-president at RKK Energia, and Victor Remishevsky, deputy head of Roscosmos, accusing them of the lost of three Glonass-M satellites.

From 0:00 till 13:00 Wednesday December 29 Moscow Domodedovo airport served 282 flights, says the state corporation for managing air traffic (Rosaeronavigatsiya).

Russian media estimates the number of delayed flights originating in Moscow airports at some 200 as of Wednesday morning 29 December.

All domestic flights originating in Moscow airports that are in the schedule of Aeroflot and S7 (Siberia) and have distance flown less than 1500 km (810nm) are temporarily cancelled.

Twelve airmen are found dead in the wrack of the Antonov-22 heavy airlifter that crashed at night of 28/29 December while on training flight from Voronezh to the Migalovo aerodrome in Tver region.