On September 14, 2008, Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, was on a routine flight from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport to Perm, Russia.

Commercial planes routes have recently changed in the Caspian Sea area.

The Chinese Civil Aviation Authority (CAAC) is prohibiting Russian Boeing and Airbus aircraft, which foreign leasing companies own, from flying through or landing in its airspace.

Russian airline Aeroflot (AFL/SU) on Sunday violated a ban on aircraft from the country using Canadian airspace, regulator Transport Canada said, on the same day the restriction was imposed in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.