12-29-2010 08:37 BJT
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered prosecutors to investigate a logjam at Moscow's airports, which has stranded thousands of passengers.
The President wants to know whether transport law has been broken during the chaos.
Freezing weather and power cuts left more than 200 flights delayed at Moscow's two largest airports---Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo---over the last three days, stranding several thousand passengers in airport terminals without information.
Many passengers spent the night there, complaining about Russian airline Aeroflot.
Sbetlana Sazhena, Stranded Passenger, said, "It is the second day that I am here, there is literally no one to ask any question, they are simply hiding."Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the massive delays aimed to "protect the rights of passengers".
Domodedovo resumed operations Monday after getting a back-up power supply, but thousands of people still had to wait to board delayed flights.
Russia's aviation agency chief says that it will take another two to three days to normalize transport at Domodedovo and that priority is being given to passengers stuck since Sunday.
Russia is not the only country which has faced extreme disruption this month. Thousands of flights have been cancelled across Europe and North America due to the severe winter weather.
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