The February snowfall. Moscow-Yekaterinburg, Aeroflot

Having flown from Sunny Barcelona to Sheremetyevo, I found myself in the midst of the famous snowfall of 2018. The plane landed with a delay of half an hour, then we were taken for a long time through a snow-covered field, then there were difficulties with the flight to Yekaterinburg. The landing zone was changed three times, and then I had to stand at the exit for more than an hour waiting for the employees of Aeroflot to show up. There was no information about the delay of my flight, and the passengers tried in vain to find out something from the girls at the next exit. Finally, the landing began, and I was on Board and again in a good place. The ramp slid away, and the plane started its engines and began to move, but it was still about two hours before takeoff. First we stood in line for antifreeze treatment, then in line for takeoff, which was in two rows. When the runway was already very close, the crew announced that it was necessary to return for re-treatment with antifreeze, since the allowable time had run out. A low rumble of dissatisfaction began in the cabin, but to everyone's surprise, the plane immediately taxied to the runway and immediately began to take off. It remains only to Express gratitude to the pilots for their brave decision, so after half an hour, the airport was closed for almost a day .

Just a minute after we left the ground, the last one was out of sight and we found ourselves in a murky fog, in which it was impossible to see the wingtip. Twenty minutes passed, but the sky did not appear, and I began to feel uneasy. But when I turned on the GPS Navigator in my smartphone, I was surprised to see that we were flying at an altitude of 8900 meters. I have never flown in such dense clouds at such a high altitude. Over Bashkiria, the plane emerged from the water, and the ground appeared below, covered with clouds.

The clouds below looked very much like a flat snow-covered field with inflatables, which was very close. However, the Navigator again put everything in its place.

At the border of the Sverdlovsk and Perm regions, the clouds disappeared completely, and our plane began to descend.

The surroundings of Yekaterinburg, the view from the plane

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